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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Wake Forest chapter.

Walk

 

I have come to walk like

who I want to be,

 

arching up on the tips of my toes like my mother

in quick short steps when I want to be seen

 

slowing my stride and swaying a bit

when I want to feel strong like my father

 

when I want to be ignored, keeping my head down

watching my size elevens scurry

 

no matter how fast I walk,

no matter how many puddles I avoid, how long

my strides reach, how loud my feet smack the pavement,

I am unable to learn how to walk like me.

 

 

 

 

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Mckenzie Baker

Wake Forest '21

Mckenzie Baker is a 20 year old with roots in Memphis, TN and Atlanta, Ga. She enjoys writing about identity and time. She is currently a third year at Wake Forest University and her favorite smell is freshly cut grass.
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Haleigh Monyek

Wake Forest

Hailing from Chicago, this Midwesterner turned Southern Belle is the Editor-in-Chief of Wake Forest University's chapter. When she isn't journaling for fun in her free time, she is obsessed with running around campus in giant sunglasses, wearing gold glitter eyeliner, and munching on trail mix. She's still struggling on saying "y'all" and not "guys" and has yet to try Cookout's legendary milkshakes. Follow her on twitter @Hmonyek!