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Video clips: Discussion:
Discussion: Why do you write poetry?
 
Video clips: Performances
Sammi: My Ball
Cindy: The Keys
Nikki: Love is. . .
Leanne: Sailor Mercury
Janena: If Only
Aaron: I'll Wait
Manda: Believe in Yourself
Lacey: $86,400 in a day
Danielle: Best Friend
Michelle: Untitled
Mallorie: Who I Am
Korrie: All That I Am
Brendon: Nightmare
Eli: The Life of the Night
David: Where? Who?
Nadine: Mixed Emotions (read by Anna)
Eli: Hair (read by Duffy)
Stephi: Distortion
Brett: What's Left for Tomorrow and Firewall
Mark: Who I Am
Noah: Ache
Ashley: United We Stand
Eric: The Human Soul
Reed: What is Poetry?
 
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Who I Am (0:55)
by Mark
 

I am fifteen years old, screaming on the inside.
I wonder when I will be happy with my life.
I hear music playing in my head.
I see objects I so rightfully dread.
I want a crowd whom in I can confide.
I am fifteen years old, screaming on the inside.

I pretend to feel secure, and fake that hefty smile.
I feel to be different; I tried to start a new style.
I touch my life long test, a dream I now have lit, but
I worry about my family, and how they will do on it.
I cry when I think about my mom who had died.
I am fifteen years old, screaming on the inside.I understand at this age girls are a waste of time.
I say to myself, the attraction we can't hide.
I dream about being a musician for the rest of my life.
I try to write, and write my songs, and sing with all my might.
Today is the day the sadness will die!
I am fifteen years old, screaming on the inside.