YOU

• Lily McShane, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2013

You are you.
You are unique.
No one’s the same.
Everyone has different opinions.
You all look different, whether you’re big or slim, short or tall.
You are you: Just remember that.
You have a right to be proud of your efforts and sad at your faults.
You have a right to stand up for yourself and what’s right.
If one person says, “I love Home and Away” and you say, “So do I!” when you don’t really, that’s giving in to peer pressure.
You don’t have to like or do what everyone else likes or does to be cool.
You just have to be yourself.
Everyone has different talents, no one in the world is bad at everything.
Don’t be too scared to go out there a bit.
Once again, you are you!
Remember that!