Don't Underestimate Me
Motivational Poetry
"Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes." — Eleanor Roosevelt
Don’t underestimate
Me
She said
As people
Often do
There’s strength
In the broken
Places
People are quick
To judge
In the terms
Of things they
Think
I Cannot do.
~~~
Don’t Underestimate
She said
The way people
So often do
I’m stronger than
You think
More determined too
People tend
To see
What they want
To see
Or maybe it’s
The way they
Think society
Sees me.
~~~
But I don’t fit
Into a nice little
Box
And I won’t
Fit neatly
Into some category
Don’t underestimate
Me
She said
I’m stronger
Than you think
~~~
© Michelle R Kidwell
March.13.2021
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Michelle Renee Kidwell
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Luke 2:1–12 NIV In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. [2] (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) [3] And everyone went to their own town to register. [4] So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. [5] He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. [6] While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, [7] and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. [8] And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. [9] An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. [10] But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. [11] Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. [12] This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
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