The leaves sway wind

The flowers sway in the wind

The brown fence teeters.

The green yellow grass

The green leaves sway in the wind

The greenest garden

Beautiful nature

The greenest pointy leaves

Grass blowing in the wind.

The big day

is approaching

fast

can’t wait to see

friends that I haven’t

seen in awhile.

Hopeful it goes well

hoping that I don’t

make a fool of myself,

hopeful that people

will accept me.

hopefully I am

well prepared,

Can’t wait

for it to come,

But also scared,

So much bigger,

than

what my friends and I

are used to.

You have showed

me your true colors

I can see you are

full of bright colors

and sunshine

You believe in me

when others give up

I don’t care what

the mean kids think

I love you

just the way

you are.

You are perfectly unperfect

just how I like it.

And so is our friendship.

Hi my name is MJ. I am just a normal person with a family, who loves to write. My favorite things to write are poems and short stories. I have been writing poems and short stories since age 12 but I have kept a journal since age 8. I love to write because it helps me with my feelings. I love writing poems and short stories because you can be as creative as you want. I will be posting twice a week. Thank you for reading and I hope that you look forward to my next posting.

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