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

I want to be a tiger, who stands out on a plain, but blends into the trees. With the stripes on my back mixing in with the scars.

I want that power. The strength of a hundred men curled into one section of my paw. A single claw sharp enough to tear through bone.

I want those eyes. Able to pierce through the veil of night and see the truth of the matter. To see what I can achieve and everything I can be.

I want to be invisible at will, to know when to be silent and when to unleash. To know when the night ends and merges into day.

I want that instinct. The drive to know exactly what I want and how to get it. The ambition. The restlessness.

I want the bold stripes against the fiery length of fur. The power. The eyes. The invisible visibility and the ambition.

I want to be a tiger.

And not only roar, but to shake the world in my fist and let them know who I am.

 

 

Sophia Whittemore is a Correspondent for the Dartmouth HXCampus branch. When not working on HXCampus, they're writing webcomics on Webtoons, Pride books for Wattpad, was a staff writer at AsAm News, and has published the "Impetus Rising" series back when they were in high school. Sophia's also a geek, but who isn't?