PAD Challenge Day 7: Green-Eyed Folks
PAD Challenge Day 7: Write a jealous
poem
Green-eyed Folks
For
no valid reason
People
want you dead while alive
They
don’t think about the
people
they’ll be hurting inside
You
could be the brand-new girl to a city
they’ll
hold you down
cut
your hair
‘cause
theirs is not long enough,
Curly
enough, or straight enough.
You
could be the brand-new boy to a class
They’ll
jack you up by the lockers or stairwell
‘cause
you don’t sag
or
live by the boy codes
You
can be black and white
and
they’ll say you’re not dark or light enough
You
can be black mixed with black
and
they’ll say you don’t act black enough
You
can be short or tall,
Heavy
or small,
Somebody
ain’t gonna like
Your
inches or weight at all
You
can be nice, polite, and respectful
Some
people will still look at you dreadful
You
can be smart, witty, and sophisticated
People
will still devalue, downplay
and discredit what can’t be manipulated
You
can be recovering from addictions
People
will still hold your
mistakes like strong convictions
You
can smile, laugh,
and dance for no reason.
Please
will ask why like
these actions really should come by seasons
You
can post good, do good, live good
People
will still think you're up to no good
You
can by any means necessary
People
will think your life is unnecessary
You
can learn the word and live the word
People
will still stab your back and give you the bird
You
can appear weak for a week
People
will laugh and critique
You
can damn near lose everything
at last and regain it back fast
People
will still envy you while you surpass
You
can show up with
determination for improvement
People
will eliminate you
and say its really for the movement
You
can support out of pure love
People
will never show up or come through
for you as if you’re not deserving of
D'ElegantOne
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