NaPoWriMo Day 4: To be myself

As I stated earlier today, I got a little bit behind with NaPoWriMo, but with this post I’m all caught up! Here’s day 4’s poem, it’s inspired by the song “Let It Go.” You’ve probably heard of it, it’s from Disney’s Frozen. What’s interesting is I’ve never seen the film and I don’t plan too anytime soon-not because it’s not a good film, it’s because I’ve heard that damn song so much and then all of the bloody parodies it inspired, which is ironic because the song inspired this poem. But that’s not surprising since I’ve been inspired by music to write a poem before. It’s called To be myself, enjoy.

To be myself

Is to renounce

The chains and standards

Society’s placed upon me

To be myself

Is to forge my

Own path through

The bland normal

Regular ones that

Have never appealed

To me

To be myself

Is to let it all go

Not holding back

Any longer, turning

Away and slamming

The door of lives

Picked out by others

Not caring what they

Say

To be myself

Is to brave the

Storm as it rages on,

Telling those who

Want me to be

Perfect so long

The cold never bothered me anyway…

Written by Talisha Harrison

Copyright 2016

*Inspired by Disney’s Frozen’s “Let It Go” by

Songwriters Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Emanuel Kiriakou*