SNOWFLAKES by DKZ                     We appeared on earth like snowflakes-                     Unique, pure, unscarred, and beautiful.                     Before long things began to change,                     As we became stepped on and dirty.                     They tried to take our attractiveness,                     The beauty originally meant to be.                     They tried to control and destroy our being,                     But we refused to let them take over,                     As our melting never became complete.                     Rather, like each year's first snow,                     We survived and reappeared.                     Determined to no longer be stepped on,                     No longer controlled by their fear.                     In time, we regained our beauty and purpose,                     And the ability to be who we were meant to be.                     Those who stepped on and hoped to destroy us,                     Couldn't stop us from being who we wanted to be.