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Poem: That I had indeed let myself become a Barbie girl. With a plastic life. Letting others do what they wished with me as if I had no choice!
My friend would listen a lot,
To the song titled “Barbie”,
And I began to love it, too.
The words,
“I’m a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world Life in plastic, it’s fantastic!”
Would linger on and on in my mind!
What I hadn’t realized that time was
That I had indeed let myself become a Barbie girl
With a plastic life.
Letting others do what they wished with me,
As if I had no choice!
I remained that Barbie girl
For very long years,
Whenever I did try to let the others know
What hurts me, what pricks me and what poisons me,
They would either turn a blind eye,
Or make me feel that something was wrong
With my thinking, my psychology!
However, when the thunderbolt stuck,
I suddenly remembered that I did indeed
Have a choice to say “no” and move on!
Now, I am no longer that “Barbie girl”
And I don’t wish to even remember that song!
I have become “Katy Parry”
Who roars and roars and roars.
To silence the months of agony.
I now sing,
“I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter Dancing through the fire!”
And yes, I believe in myself
And know that I have fireworks within me
Which will rise into a moon
Making me shine!
Image source for Solentine Poem: Abhishek vyas, via Getty Images, free on CanvaPro
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