Poem: Do I Belong

Look at me, look at me from behind

What do you find,
Your willing to say your opinions blunt
Look at me, look at me from the front
Your not afraid to confront,
Me, for who you think I should be
Why don't you try and get to know me
Instead of judging me on what you think you can see

You're older and therefore supposedly wiser

But I wouldn't want you as my advisor
Just because one of us carries a knife
It doesn't mean that it's my life
Just because someone fires a bullet from a gun
Doesn't mean that I do it for fun
 
Don't make me take a step back
Just because your opinions' are on the attack
Don't crush my positivity
Simply because you want to surround me in negativity

I'm not all that different from you

I have dreams just like you do
 
Why is it simply because of my age you think you can judge what I do
But why is it disrespectful when I do it to you

I have to earn your respect

Just like some kind of object
But I am told I just have to give it to you
Even though you judge every little thing that I do
 
How is that fair
But I'm not supposed to care
Because I'm just another teenager your allowed to judge

And I'm not meant to hold a grudge

How am I supposed to feel as though I belong

When I'm made to feel as though I've always done something wrong

- Esjae x

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Poem: You Might Surprise Yourself

Race, Place
Black, White
Tall, Small
Fat, Thin
Cheating, Beating
Dreaming, Screaming
Hoping, Praying
Crying, Lying, Dying
Teenagers, prejudice
Guns, Knives
Louts, layabout
Hoodys, scum

Don't stereotype me
Don't tell me who I should be
I see all the problems you see
Don't try and blame them on me
Times have changed
Communties rearranged
Knives carried for pride
Cars taken for a joy ride
You only see the bad
All the things that make us mad
You want us to change
You call us strange
We need opportunities
Some sense of responsibilities
A way to repay the communities
You've taken everything away
Then leave us with the blame

Teenage pregnancies
Dangers and obscenities
Guns and knives
So many have lost their lives
Lost and gone
But never forgotten

Don't just give them a passing glance
Give them another chance
A helping hand might be all they need
Listen to their opinions you might surprise yourself, you might not disagree

 

Let me know what you think

-Esjae x

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Poem: You Don't Need To Pretend

I watch people shut down, turn off
I see people roll their eyes, tut, scoff
They want me to be the same
But I don't want to follow the crowd, I don't need someone else to blame
Society has taught me to see a man begging in the street
And turn my back without giving him anything to eat
I'm meant to have a smile every single day
I'm not allowed my own opinion, can't have my own say
So listen up this is me breaking out, I refuse to be just another person
I won't stand back and let this situation worsen

I won't salute a leader I don't believe in
I won't pray to a God if I'm only going to sin
I'm not the definition of perfect
But I'm always going to give our war heroes respect
I'm not part of your religion
That doesn't mean I'm going to treat you like vermin
If I have a problem I know it's mine
I won't pass it off on someone else and say that I resign

Life is tough
You might have had enough
You don't always have to be strong
As long as you know where you belong
Everything will work out in the end
Be yourself, it's your life you don't need to pretend

 

What do you think?

- Esjae x

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