Poems From The Author

Honestly

(DATE WRITTEN: March 18, 2016)

Honestly,

I really don't care anymore

I don't care what you think

what you say

what you want me to think

I really don't care.

I'm a person.

I'm alive and I have feelings.

I'm alive and yeah,

I can get hurt.

Yes, by sticks and stones

But by words

And insults too.

I've been here too long

to take what you say to heart.

I've been here too long

to not have a mind of my own.

I used to think

that what others thought of me

was important!

That if I didn't dress right

or look perfect

that that was a bad thing.

That if I sounded off

or if I said the wrong thing

then that would make me a bad person

someone not worthy of attention.

But now I know

if I don't dress right or sound right

And if you don't accept me

For who I am

And not for who you want me to be

Then that doesn't make me a bad person

If you don't accept me

Because something seems

Just a little bit off.

No, I'm not the bad person.

You are.

I used to be afraid

Not of what I was going to do

But of what people would say

Once I was gone.

What they would say

When my back was turned.

How many people

Actually aren't my friends.

NOW I KNOW

That what they say doesn't matter

What anyone says doesn't

I'm me

And if you don't like that

Then get the hell out

Because no one asked your opinion.

So honestly,

I really don't care.

At least not anymore.

A/N: omg i was so salty when I wrote this. I was such an edgy middle schooler