Now That I Am 21...

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I was walking up the hill to Alden,

stooped down and found a wrinkled dollar,

not looking around I stuffed it in my right jean pocket

and kept walking

I continued up the hill and passed a dozen or so

sorority girls on their cell phones

and thought that I could have been one of them

instead I chose this life.
I could have worn chic clothing, have fashionable hair,

own too many shoes and piles of cds I never listen to.
I could have gone out every night drinking, carousing

with other fake girls who wore the same

high-heeled shoes, short miniskirts and no personality.

I could have lots of money, parents who give me cash for a new

car, college, or whatever my fancy.
I could have outrageous wireless bills, expensive clothes,

shoes, purses, and fake boobs.
I could have been one of them.

But I look at me looking up from the floor

and I realize I have all I want (almost).
I have given and taken and been cheated

by life to get where I am today.
And nothing, nothing will take this all away,

no money, no faux friends, no one-night stands

and the following walk of shame.
I am who I am and I'm all I could be.

NEXT?
Why don't you look at Is It You?
by: Nicolet Berkman
from: Johnsburg, IL, US

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