Be True, Be You

• Tahmiah Gaus , Grade 10, Tarneit Senior College
• Poetry
• 2017

Excellence Award in the 'Write Here Write Now 2017' competition

Amongst the winter sky,
Clouds hide fragile beings
As these birds showcase their unchainable freedom,
I stare from my hidden tower.

A flightless species I am,
Although unaware of it myself
"A penguin can never fly"
I leaped off that hidden jail.

I leaped for the diamond sky
Only to be welcomed by a river of my tears
A million times if not more
Embarrassment I encountered

One last time I defeated fear
Next minute clouds surround me
"Nothing is impossible if you persist,
Be true, be you"