Finding My Voice
I’m lost in the echo of who I’m meant to be,
A reflection shattered like glass on the floor — fragments of me.
Social media’s whispers, a constant murmur in my ear,
“Not enough,” it says, as my heart starts to fear.
I am searching for a face that feels like mine,
A voice — not too loud, yet strong and divine.
The outside world is noisy; it keeps telling me to fit,
But what is the shape of me? I’m still discovering it, bit by bit.
I keep chasing shadows, trying hard to keep up,
With friends who laugh, and fears that quietly creep up.
I am desperately trying to find my voice,
But it has drowned in the noise.
A melody lost in a world
That doesn’t always hear my choice.
But in that silence, I hear a whisper true:
“You’re enough,” it gently …
Poem penned by: Safa Fathima, a Grade 9 student and Head Girl of the school
