Let Me Be Me 'Sonnet'

• Mikayla Burke, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2018

Let me be me…
Am I really a volcano daunting?
I am not scorching to ruin the land
I am not the anonymous haunting
You can't demand me, or I will expand

I try to be fair to my fellow domes
But I am just an archway to success
My lava accidently hit the homes
The unlucky started trying to bless

My lava is as red as a ruby
it burns like a flickering candle light
My lava rushes down right by my side
my smoke in the sky is just pure beauty

do you understand why I do this now?
I don't mean to hurt; please will you allow?