2015 Winning Student Poetry Entry! A Rose Near an Oak Tree by Lexi Dybe

The following is our Second Place Student Poem.  Lexi is a student at Wayne County High School.

A Rose Near an Oak Tree

by Lexi Dybe

I am viewed as a warrior

Although I do not fight

I am seen as a mother

Although I have no little ones

I am regarded as a light

Although I have my dark moments

I have been through times

Where there is horror

I have been through moments

Where smiles aglow

I have been through memories

Where my friends love me

I have been called weak

However strong I may seem

I have been named crudely

However I know I'm not such things

I have been titled "sexy"

However I prefer the word "beautiful"

I have met people

Who have hurt me

I have met those 

Who help me back up

I have met individuals

Who have stolen my heart

I have fallen

On my knees in weakness

I have collapsed

On my hands in sorrow

I have plummeted

On my back, seeing my enemies

I have been through a lot

Seeing a new me

I have been through much

Helping me be

I have been through life

Being the only thing I could be

A single Rose near an Oak Tree