Contorted Puzzle Piece

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I could fly without them weighing me down
Painting lands I'd never dreamed 
I danced alone in the rushing rivers
How I loved the new reflection I saw

But I missed the laughs and company
so I returned to what once was. 
Now people can see my dancing
and I know I need to stop
 
I'm still this newest version,
but my wings have been cut off 
And frankly I hate what I've become
watching through their eyes

They've always said be true 
it's the key to happiness 
But how could this key unlock a door
when I'm told I've chosen wrong?

Maybe things will change;
maybe these years really are the worst
but right now these circles and labels
leave me feeling so out of place

Emma Schenker is a 10th grader at Pembroke Pines Charter High School and a member of NEHS. She enjoys writing poetry in her free time and was selected to have one of her poems published in the American High School Poet’s anthology, “My World” in fall of 2020. 

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the atala is designed, curated, & edited by the Pines Charter Chapter of the National English Honor Society. It showcases original student poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, literary criticism, and art. Like its namesake — the small, bright butterfly that grew from near extinction to rising numbers in our part of the world — this little literary journal aims to grow our love of writing and expand our community’s appreciation for the literary arts.

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