I always thought I had to sing someone else's words,

that mine were not good enough.

I always thought I had to think someone else's thoughts,

that mine were not flushed out enough.

I always thought I had to say someone else's words,

that mine didn't carry much value.

  --Kate Strauss.       

I didn't start writing poetry until I was 23. Although that may seem young, consider that I now write poetry daily. I think in verse. It remains the center piece of who I am.

 

Before I started writing poetry, I felt like I had to sing other's words. Eventually I realized that my words and thoughts were just as important as anyone's. 

 

Here are a few songs that I did not write, but I consider a part of me because they opened up the possibility that my words were important too.                   

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