i am all the things i love

Caylea Dunn, Contributing Writer

September 26, 2023

This self-portrait by Kayla White was completed for Antonio Menendez’s Art III class. Both her artwork and the poem boldly celebrate individual identity and self-love. (Sept. 27)

i am my mother, and her mother, and

her mother’s mother, and every mother

before her.

i am art. i am crafted, piece by piece,

like an oil painting up on a museum

wall. i am a sculpted vase overflowing

with flowers on the dining room table.

i am a finely knitted sweater made

with love by an elderly woman for her

grandchild.

i am a being like the grass we lay on

the flowers we pick, the trees we

climb, the butterflies we chase.

i am the light shining through a window on an early sunday morning.

i am a baby bird calling my mother home.

i am music. i am the sound of a piano

playing throughout an old house.

i am the sound of an acoustic guitar

playing around a campfire.

i am made up of all the beings around

me.

every art piece, every woman before me, every

plant, every insect and animal, every instrument,

every color, every sound, every scent.

i am all the things i love.

i am beautiful.

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Lindy Barnes, Writer, Feature Section Editor

Hello, I’m Lindy and this is my first year on Central Hardin’s newspaper staff. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to get to know my fellow classmates and write about the pressing issues at our school. I love writing, and this summer I attended GSA for creative writing. I’m involved in Beta Club, Cross Country, and Academic Team. I have a passion for learning, especially when it comes to classic literature, the arts, history, and math. Some of my favorite books are The Great Gatsby, Orlando, Brave New World, As You Like It, Lord of the Flies, Things Fall Apart, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I know Central Hardin will accomplish much in the 2023-24 school year. My wish is that I’ll be able to capture a fraction of the tenacity, individuality, and value of every person here.

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