The Archetypes
by Nia A. Archetype-a very typical example of a person or thing We have no identity We fall under the archetypes Genres...the people we are supposed to be The hero, the damsel in distress, the villain They sort people into categories that tell them who they are Not the other way around We have no identity until they tell us who we are Shouldn’t it be the other way around? I should tell you who I am. We won’t dissolve like salt in water into the part you want us to play We will rise like mountains in the beautiful sky We won’t wear the dog tags you give us. We make our own identity We are the dreamers, the go-getters We are the determined and the hard-working We make our own identity And no we are not typical Nia is a sophomore. She originally wrote this poem for the Poetry Today elective.
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Miller
5/24/2017 09:59:15 am
This starts out with some serious dissociation/depersonalization and becomes really life-affirming by the end!
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Karen Conner
5/24/2017 06:09:24 pm
I like the message of this. It feels strong. I like the repetition at the end- it hammers home that message.
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