I Am Different

• Ayesha Khagram, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2016

I like to play soccer
Although girls don’t think it’s very proper
I hate to wear makeup
Even though my friends say it’s very grown up

As you can see, I am different
But I still think I am magnificent
And I will stay this way
Even when others say “your life is so grey”

I like to write in my diary
Even when my besties keep on making enquiries
And I’m obsessed with the word “rad”
Although the boys think I am mad

As you can see I’m different
But I still think I am magnificent
And I will stay this way
Even when others say “your life is so grey’