I was the petal under a stone.
It can’t ever move unless something lifts its weight.
It eventually did. I fell off the stem
Pushed under a stone
But now I don’t stand alone.
I was free.
It is not just a lifestyle,
It is an influence.
I had to change
To feel the influence.
I was not me. I was them.
It was like I was a petal to a stem.
Completely attached to something
That only if I fall off, I will stand alone.
I needed to fall off, so I could be on my own.
I didn’t want to be like those other petals attached to that stem.
If I wasn’t set free, would I still be,
One of them?
Amayah Marrero, from Lawncrest in Northeast Philadelphia is a junior at Franklin Towne Charter High School. She loves to write, but uses her creativity in many forms of art. Amayah loves to draw, paint, graphic design, and can-do nail art. See www.philadelphiastories.org/junior for more of her writing.