Chapter 4-
The next morning Ruthie woke up and got ready for school. She found an empty notebook and wrote "Poems from the Heart... Ruthie Camden" She finished it by writing "Private. Keep Out." This was going to be where she let her feelings out. Where she expresses the fact that she wanted to die and be with her dad for eternity. Thsi notebook wasn't going to be just poems they would be everything Ruthie could think of. She started off by writing a poem...

I AM
I am a poet writing of my poem
I am a person living a life of shame
I am your daughter hiding my depression
I am your sister making a good impression
I am your friend acting like Im fine
I am a wisher wishing this life weren't mine
I am a girl who thinks of suicide
I am a teenager pushing her tears aside
I am a student who doesn't have a clue
I am the girl sitting next to you
I am the one asking you to care
I am the one hoping you'll be there

And with that, she closed her notebook and left for school.
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The poem "I AM" was written by Krysteen Hernandez. I found the poem in "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul- On Tough STuff" and thought the poem would be a good addition to my story. I have altered the poem slightly to make it fit the story. XOXO