Persico My Life, My Friends Poetry Submission 1-31-2007

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This is a poem spontaneously wrote for a scholarship submission. There

wasn't a thematic or style prompt.

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I have struggled through crisises in life

Surgeries, doctors, and social isolation

Elementary was cold,

middle school was when it was thawing,

and high school is warmth

No child would dare talk with me in Elementary

I was too weird, too different

I ate differently and I had a trache

I also had health aids

It was cold, winter was here

To make things worse,

I had a lot of stress in life

Surgeries, doctor appointments, physical therapy, hormone therapy

It never ended

The pressure was immense

After Elementary,

My social life was thawing,

Spring was here

I was learning how to socialize

But Middle Schoolers are idiots

And I couldn't relate

In Middle School,

I had no health aids

I only ate through a tube

I had a trache in 7th, but not in 8th grade

It was thawing

Summer is coming and Winter is Receding

High School is summer

I grew up in that time

I ate with three girls and their groups

, , Bre

They are my friends at school now

Bre is the brightest star in my life now

My life is in summertime and it will last forever, unlike the Earth

Now I am on growth hormone

Reaching for the stars

When I started High School,

I was 4 ft 3, now 5 ft 3

Graduation is coming

CSUN and Cal Poly in Pomona next

The rest of my life after

So are the ends to growth hormone therapy, testosterone therapy, and a back

brace

Summertime is here and it will last

Forever and ever

This is dedicated to my good friends in life. Although I didn't have much

support back in elementary, I now have , , and Bre to fall back

on. They are my buds now and forever. Along with Chip, , , Nick,

, and Maxwell,

you are in my heart forever