Song of Myself
- Author(s):
- Graciela Martinez
- Issue:
- On Balance (May 2017)
- Department:
- Inward Light
I am a girl of many things;
I am a girl of sorrows;
I am a girl of laughs,
but most of all, I am a girl of curiosity.
I am curious of the world around me, of the world I live in.
I wonder how my younger brother will be when he grows up;
I wonder if my older brother will get a bigger house to live in;
I wonder if my mother will ever learn to be happy again.
My life is filled with ups and downs
but I always manage to pull
myself out of the dark and into the light.
My frown is never permanent
for my loved ones always turn it
upside down.
This rollercoaster that I call my life is crazy,
but I’m just enjoying
the ride while I can.
January 11, 2017
Graciela Martinez-Chavez is a sophomore at Redwood High School in Visalia, CA. She has been an attender at Visalia Friends Meeting and a camper at Ben Lomond Quaker Center and Quaker Oaks Farm.