When this seventh grader received a slam poetry assignment from her teacher, she had no idea how many people it would impact. Currently, it has reached more than 25 million views online.
In the presentation, this young girl emotionally describes what her life is like as a student in current times. Her powerful poem is titled 'Why Am I Not Good Enough?'. But what's even more powerful is hearing her speak it. You can here the emotion and feelings come through in every word she says. When she describes the thoughts that stream through her mind all day, you can't help but get emotional.
Because all of us have been through those trying times of trying to figure out where you fit in from one time or another. Being a teen in middle school in an era of new technology and social media is very difficult. Peer pressure and beauty standards are everywhere.
I love how she ends the poem with the reassuring fact that we will forever and always be enough exactly as we are. What a powerful message!
