This poem was written in response to a school assignment “What is life”? Thomas is in 8th grade at Malibu High Middle School.
Life is not about what other people say it is about
Life is not about money, grades, or how popular you are
Life is not about stereotyping strangers
Life is not about racism, or disliking someone for the way they look
Life is not about good or bad
Life is not about war, or hate crimes
It’s not about being a prisoner
Life is not about doing something just because someone else does
Life is not about saying everything you think life isn’t about in a poem
Life just isn’t like that
But life is about what you say it’s about
It’s about what you love and live to do
Life is about having an open mind
Life is about total freedom
It’s about music, love and peace
Life is about anticonformity
Life is about honesty
It is about creativity
Life is about liberty
It’s about overcoming other people’s ignorance
And most of all life is about being you
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