<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b>“I Bend” </b>by Selena Odom</div><div><br></div><div>I bend but do not break.</div><div>I've been lost, but I'm not a loser.</div><div>I'm a wreck, but I'm not totaled.</div><div>I'm fractured but not broken.</div><div>I've failed, but I'm not a failure.</div><div>I've fallen hard but can get up again.</div><div>I'm isolated, but still I'm free.</div><div>I have been destroyed but will rebuild.</div><div>My heart is broken, but it will mend.</div><div>See, no matter how close I come to breaking, I just continue to bend.</div></div><div><br></div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>