Throw-Back Thursday
- Shelby Salerno
- Aug 23, 2018
- 1 min read

“Follow your dreams,” they say.
I say, “okay.”
“You can be anything,” they say.
I say, “okay.”
“Sharing shows you are caring,” they say
I say, “okay”.
“Eating carrots makes your eye sight better
Broccolis are baby trees
Crossing your eyes will make them stay
If you having nothing nice to say, saying nothing at all
You are unique
You will understand when you are older,” they say
I say, “okay”.
At six years old
I say “okay”.
“Time flies by so fast,” they say
I say, “ok.”
“Make good choices,” they say
I say, “ok”.
“Without bad, we would not know good,” they say
I say, “ok.”
“We are all beautiful just the way we are
We are all individual
Mistakes happen
Patience is a virtue
Home is where the heart is”, they say
I say, “ok.”
At fourteen
I say “Ok.”
“You only live once,” they say
I say, “K”.
“You are young, you still have so much to learn,” they say
I say, “K”.
“Failure happens,” they say
I say “K”.
“With great power comes great responsibility,” they say
I say, “K”.
“To get what you want, you need to work hard,” they say
I say, “K”.
“You need to
Keep trying
Let go when need be
Enjoy yourself
Focus even when you do not want to
Be yourself
Be presentable
Be flexible
Be balanced
Be polite
Be self-advocating
Be right
Be okay with being wrong
Be confident
Be modest
Be creative
Be intelligent
Be free
Be ethical
Be
Be”, they say
I say, “k.”
At seventeen
I say “k.”
“ “, They say
I say, “okay”.
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I say, “ok.”
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I say, “k”.
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I say, “ “
At eighteen
I say, “ What do I do?”
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