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Self-Realized
June 13, 2019
My parents gave me their parenting book
and left me to myself.
It infatuated each breath I took,
kept highest on the shelf.
I flipped through the musty pages
and hummed every word.
My nose itched with familiar phrases
and gears began to turn.
Look right here, this is my life,
the way I was raised to be.
This book here, cut like a knife,
today I’m amazed at me.
I move my hand up to the sky,
and I now know how birds can fly,
the world makes sense, so tell me why
it’s dark as far I can see.
© Amy B., Alabaster, AL
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This piece was written for an English class assignment. Its form was inspired by Emily Dickinson's "Success Is Counted Sweetest."