Since I could remember… 
I have always wanted to be someone else. 
Someone who led the ideal life. 
Someone who was able to say simple things like 
“Remember last year when so-and-so did this?” 
But I have never been able to say that. 
I have always wanted to live in a neighbourhood 
where all my friends live a block away. 
I have always longed for a best friend. 
Someone who will say I am their best friend 
someone who will claim me as their BFF. 

Unfortunately… 
My life isn’t quite like that… 
I move every year… 
I have to constantly battle that whole 
“New Kid” phase. 
I have to be the one that works alone in group 
projects every year. 

I have longed for that llife where 
I have everything I want. 
The life where I am tall, 
I have clear skin, 
I have talent, 
I have whiter teeth, 
I am smarter, 
I am attractive, 
I am far more confident, 
I am interesting, 
I am normal, 
that sort of life. 

I want all of that. 
Simple things… 

But I know that I am not either of those things. 
I am just a teen living life as myself. 
I cannot build my life the way other normal kids do. 
They are able to be accepted in society so easily. 
I am a chameleon. 
I have to shift and alter myself according to my 
sorroundings. 
I cannot be completely me in certain places the 
way some kids can. 

What I am trying to say is…. 

I am none of those things… 
I am just Denver.