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标题：No More 'Smalling Up' of Me
作者：Jean Wilson
期刊名称：Essence
印刷版ISSN：0384-8833
出版年度：2005
卷号：May 2005
出版社：Atkinson College Press

No More 'Smalling Up' of Me

Jean Wilson

No More 'Smalling Up' of Me

   No more meekly saying yes
   when my heart is screaming no
   No more taming of my feelings
   so my power won't show
   No more hiding my exuberance
   from disapproving eyes
   No more watering down myself
   so my spirit won't rise

   No more 'smalling up' of me
   pretending I'm not here
   No more running from the music
   and the spotlight's glare
   No more living in this prison
   barricaded by my fears
   No more turning and retreating
   in the face of new frontiers.

   Even as I am speaking
   I am taking shape and form
   harnessing my powers
   like a gathering storm
   There's no obstacle so bold
   as to dare stand in my way
   I am taking back my life
   and I am doing it today.

Reprinted from No More 'Smalling Up' of Me, published by Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica, by permission of the author,