To Poet or Not to Poet

This is the story Of a damsel in distress She never thought of herself As the most beautiful woman Plain Plain Plain That's what she thought About herself She knew She was loved Parents, friends The ones that always stayed with her But never from the ones That mattered to her The ones That didn't know her This is the story Of a queen A woman who knows herself One who loves herself Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful That's what she admired About herself She knew She wasn't always loved But she learned to accept herself Even if the ones that mattered Didn't The damsel in distress Must realize In order to become A queen She must learn to Love herself

An ode to Ted Berrigan Martin Luther… 1483… Sparked a reformation, turning the world upside down. Josh Peck… 1986… The step-brother that idolized Oprah and screamed “Megan!” Germany… 1939… Night of the Broken Glass. Night of a broken people. Winston Churchill… 1942… A speech that signified “the end of the new beginning.” Miranda Lambert… 1983… The country girl whose house built her a Grammy. Sesame Street… 1969… Children engrossed with  a yellow bird on a new media platform. Vietnamization… 1970… One week of no war            no hate. Just peace. Bill Gates… 1983… The man who forged a new window of technology. Berlin… 1989… A wall collapsed, fifty years after the mass destruction of a nation Me… 1995… Who do I aspire to be?