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2023 PEEL Concordia College Moorhead, MN September 15-17

Maya Tannous


poem by Jayden Olmsted photography by Jayden Olmsted
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Unapologetically individual,

Her confidence is boundless.

Outraged at the culture
that promotes ignorance over curiosity.

Looking at a face, she finds details 
that all too often are forgotten. 

Beyond their appearance, opinions, and words, 
the source of their true being. 

Selfless yet uncompromising,

A people pleaser yet not too far.

Why waste energy or time,
justifying inequality. 

For no two people are the same,
no two minds are just alike. 

Instead, she finds in her own reflection
that no one is unequal. 

For just as she is her own, 
she understands the same is true for others. 

Respecting all through understanding, 

The world becomes her family, 

Her peers her sisters and brothers.
Maya Tannous