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Be Your Own Warrior

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My demons were gone,
Back to the underworld.

If I was Sisyphus,
My problems weighed a ton.

The boulder rolled down the hill, 
With no consequences.

I continued straight,
With unlimited destinations.

The choice was mine,
And I chose to be free.

Contributor

  • A white person with short, pink-tinted hair, smiling with her mouth closed at the camera. Her shirt reads, "You'll all float, too" and has the baloons on it from IT by Stephen King. The background is of pine trees.

    Bex Houde (she/they) is an advanced baking student at Penobscot Job Corps. She very much enjoys writing poetry about the world around her, and has a true passion for bringing people gratitude with her words and her sweet treats.