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My Future is Mine
<p>My teacher once asked,</p><p>“How do you picture yourself in the next five years?”</p><p>I couldn’t answer then.</p><p>I’m sure she thought,</p><p>What a dumb girl.</p><p><br/></p><p>My best friend asked,</p><p>“Where do you see yourself in the future?”</p><p>I stared.</p><p>Still couldn’t answer.</p><p>I’m sure she thought I was weird </p><p>because she changed the topic,</p><p>awkwardly.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then one day,</p><p>our lecturer asked the whole class,</p><p>“Where do you see yourself in the future?”</p><p>Hands shot up like fireworks </p><p>dreams bursting in the air.</p><p>I just sat there,</p><p>indifferent.</p><p><br/></p><p>But it wasn’t my lucky day.</p><p>I heard his baritone voice call out,</p><p>“You there! Stand and tell the class.”</p><p><br/></p><p>So I stood.</p><p>Looked around.</p><p>Until my eyes met his.</p><p><br/></p><p>And I began.</p><p>I do not know where I’ll be in the future </p><p>I can only imagine,</p><p>because life…</p><p>life is unpredictable.</p><p><br/></p><p>But what I do know is the present.</p><p>And my present?</p><p>Is not a pleasant one.</p><p>It’s not where I want to stay.</p><p><br/></p><p>My present is here,</p><p>but my future</p><p>my future is mine</p><p>to determine.</p>
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