March 6, 2026
Elexis Johnson
She said I wouldn't go anywhere
Because my anger would burn everything i touched
That my ADHD would ruin my future
Before i even had the chance to start it
She spoke every little of me
Like she knew where my story would take me
Saying my dream are too big
For someone like me
But she didn't know
How stubborn i can be
With my sparks come a fire
When you tell it die
How every word she threw a me
Become another step on my ladder
I said i would climb
I rose
Slow at the start
Then it came with force
I didn't see it coming
Top 25% of my class
All A’s
A freshman in college
With a future i am building
From pieces they said
wouldn't fit together
And when i was rising
Something happened
Something softer
Something i never thought would come
Or that i’d be trusted to hold
Love found me
Real and steady love
A girlfriend who see me as me
And not a person who's been warned about
But as a person I have fought to become
My future fiancee
Who believes in every version of me
Now i look back
at the words they said
Trying to skink my world
Now i smile
Because the dream they though
Was too big
Is the life im living
And im still climbing
Higher than their imagination
Ever saw
– E. J.