I Could Not Be Persuaded to......

A journal entry in English class that actually goes wonderfully with the below post... The prompt was the title of this piece. 

You try to force me.

I will resist.

I am strong.

you may beat and shove me.

Try to cram your ideals into my mind.

Tell me what to do.

Why I am here

and

where I'm going.

But I will not

be persuaded 

to stop thinking for myself.

These ideas

are mine.

Unadulterated and pure.

The strength of my will,

will stand up to a thousand arrows

tipped with red-hot arguments.