I Will Never Be...
I will never be the popular girl that walks down the hall with all her friends
I will be the one walking with her head down praying no one talks to her
I will never be the girl with the perfect body that everyone wishes they had
I will be the girl just trying to find an outfit that looks at least a little bit good on me
I will never be the girl with the perfect boyfriend
I will be the girl who gets broken up with for being too big
Nor will I be the girl who gets all the guys
I will be the one who gets cheated on and called a slut for finding a different guy
I will never be the prettiest girl in school
I will be the one hiding her face with her hair
I will never be the girl with the perfect voice having all the boys admire her while she's on stage
I will be the girl who sings to her crowd of shampoo bottles in the shower
I will never be the "all-star" no matter how hard I try
I will be the girl who is only good at one sport and sits the bench for the other two
I will never be the girl who is polite to everyone
I will be the girl that tells you if I hate you which I probably do
But why?
Why should I be the girl everyone wants?
The one everyone admires?
Why should I have to suffer through two sports just to keep my father happy
Why should I be afraid of what I wear in fear of getting judged
"She can't wear that she's too fat"
What I hear as I walk down the hallway
Why can't I find another boyfriend if I'm not happy with the one I have
Why do I deserve to be called a slut
When there are girls sleeping with a different guy every weekend
And so what? Why can't she... if that's how she wants to live then she can
And why is it ok for a teenage boy to being congratulated for "getting some"
But a girl be scolded for giving herself away
Why should I feel so pressured to get good grades and not get in trouble
Even when I have to work ten times harder than all the "smart kids"
And no matter how much I want to break I remember it's not the "right" thing to do
No cutting, no depression, no bad thoughts
How about instead of looking at her arms you look at her life and how it's cutting her to pieces
How everyday is a struggle
Getting up
Getting dressed
Going to school
Why don't I want to do the things I used to love
I think about this as I put my makeup on...
The one thing I do for myself and not for anyone else
I think of ways to get out of going to school
Ways so that I stay away from him
So I stay away from the whispers
Away from the people passing the letters
Full of words
Slut
Loser
Fat
Away from the guy who cheated on me
Away from his girlfriend
Away from breaking to pieces
I remember that it isn't ok to cry in front of people
Then I would be an attention hog
But I can't take it anymore
Why should I be perfect
Perfect hair
Perfect clothes
Why be all the things I'm not
I hate being fake
So why should I hold my tongue when I want to tell you how I really feel
I don't have a thousand friends
Mainly for that reason
If I don't like you I will tell you
Even though that isn't ok
"You have to play nice with everybody"
That's something we are all taught in elementary school
But why?
In life there will be people you hate
"Everyone is perfect and unique in their own way"
Well the popular kids must have missed this day of elementary school as they judge everyone
I must of missed that day too
Cause all I ever feel is my imperfection
I will never be perfect
But I am ok with that
Why shouldn't I be?
Who wants to be normal anymore?
I mean I guess I wish I was...
Just so I didn't need to hear those words being tossed in the air as I walk by
Unimportant
Friendless
Loser
Who is that?
She's annoying
Maybe I like having no friends
"Less drama" I say
But really I would love friends
But I love being by myself
Always agreeing with my thoughts
So why should I be popular?
Why make my parents happy
If they knew how this world really was
They would never expect me to go through this
Never expect me to be stabbed in the back by all the "friends" I used to have
Why do they want me to have friends
I have my books
But I am not nerdy enough to be a nerd
And will never be social enough to have any true friends
All of my "friends' would ditch me in a second to go be with their real friends
And I get my parents don't want me to be antisocial but being social is worst
I hate being social...
I have my books
I will never be social
But when I am
I'm doing it wrong
I'm not doing what people want
I am the girl no one will want
And I will never be everything people expect of me
But I will be Me....
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I Will Never Be
PoetryA poem that tells a story of an insecure teenager and her feelings towards the life she now fears to have.