I'm A Person Too

I was silenced

you told be that my boldness was annoying

you refused to aknowledge me because I was too loud

but I guess you expect me to describe how I somehow silenced myself

I was scared

I felt your icy breath whisper down in my ear as you bent down beside me

"your opinion doesn't matter"

but I guess that I somehow scared myself

I was small

you bashed my head repeatedly into the cold brown leather of the outdated school bus

you towered above me and you made sure that I noticed

but I guess I should've been proud of my height

I was assulted

you put your hands on me

so did many others throughout the years

but I guess I should've just forgotten about it 

I was ugly

you refused to talk to me because I didn't look like everyone else

you would walk beside me and utter the most horrible things 

but I guess I just couldn't take a joke

I was...

the things that happened to me weren't my fault

the things that happened, shouldn't be forgotten

but instead used to shape me into a whole new person

I am strong

I don't care what anyone thinks about me

I stand up for what I believe in 

I am a leader

I lead my peers to express their opinions

I encourage uniquness and individuality

I am beautiful

I don't look like everyone else, and I love it

I am uninterested in societies outrageous standards

I am weird

I enjoy making other people laugh

I don't want anyone to ever go through what I did

I AM LOUD

I'm not afraid to voice my opinion

I don't second guess my volume

I am...

myself

and that's all that will ever matter