My Poems -Them
Them
Look at that
The riff raft
Their not as good as me
Their not like me
Their different
They know what it's like to be regarded as trash
Their use to it
They have adapted
They don’t care what I do to them
Others have much worse
They’re weak
They’re lesser
They’re broken,
and I shouldn’t fix them.
Look at me
A person
I am as good as you
I am like you
I am not different
You regard me as trash
But I am not trash
I have not adapted
I care what you do to me
Others have it worse,
but I still have it bad
I care
I don’t know if I’m strong enough
I have tough skin,
but cuts still hurt
I am not weak
I am not lesser
You shouldn’t have to fix me
Because I should never be broken
© 2021 Victoria Sawyer
Comments
BRENDA ARLEDGE from Washington Court House on January 25, 2021:
Just be yourself.
Accept yourself.
Pay no attention to what others think.
