Teachers make me mad

Kids treat each other bad

We’re all like animals

Some big and some small

 

Teachers rule and tell

Words that cast spells

Little do they know

We all come for show

 

Some shine better than others

And plenty hide themselves from one another

The ones that hide
Usually keep everything inside

 

Their hidden pain and sorrow

Yearn and hope for a better tomorrow

They wish to shine as bright as everyone

Than to be hidden like the moon behind the sun

 

Popularity is all that’s wanted

Although intelligence can be easily flaunted

But how can one obtain the two

Without doing what most do

 

I want to be known

But I want the real me shown

I try to be confident

But my messages are never fully sent

 

They used to bully me

“You’re ugly” they would decree

I wanted to be perfect like my sister

I wanted to have a special mister

 

I wasn’t perfect and light

I was just a chocolate delight

No one could see my beauty

No one knew the real me

 

I worked hard to strive through the years

I stopped trying to impress my peers

I realized they could never be satisfied

I was tired of being the girl that cried

 

So today I look back

And see what I thought I lacked

And I use it to help others

I help people strengthen each other

 

Because one day

I can look back and say

My purpose has been fulfilled

And the truth was always revealed