On Choises

I don't wish I were in a different family

Or pick my friends by their popularity.

I don't change my looks so people will like me

Or make fun of people who are different.

I won't do drugs with you

Or lose my virginity at a young age.

This is how I choose to be.

Do you know why ?

I know right from wrong, and choose to do right.

I choose to be me.

-Nicole Koah, eleven