Changes

Walking out of school for summer felt strange
Like a butterfly leaving its cocoon
It’s hard to believe how much I’ve changed

From keeping my mouth shut as a locker
My head tilted down like a half-open laptop
And sadly plopping in my seat

From being called the kid in the back
And the kid in the blue shirt
To them saying Not Jack! The other kid!

I’ve Changed
From those names to my True name
Back to unchanged Chris

I used punctuation in line 9 to emphasize how a voice would sound saying that.
I italicized the word strange in line one because I wanted to stand out by italicizing a word in a sentence full of normal words.


Gorzycki Middle School

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