The Foreigner
She couldn't do it, or so she'd always been told.
She couldn't ride a bike, because she was New Asian.
She couldn't do well at school, because she wasn't like the other Illean children.
She couldn't play with her friends.
She couldn't go see a movie.
She couldn't read the same books as everyone else.
She couldn't enter the Selection, but she did anyways.
She couldn't possibly get picked, but she did anyways.
She couldn't make it past the first elimination, but she did.
She couldn't last.
She couldn't look pretty.
She couldn't wear dresses.
She couldn't follow her dreams.
But she did.
Because even though she had been dragged down,
And told that she couldn't do anything.
She could.
For she had faith in herself.
