You Don't Even Know Me

You don't even know me

You stand there filling my head with what you say is knowledge

Convincing me that it’s for the preparation of college

You say you know best

But you must confess

That you don't even know me

You assume who I am based on my age and my appearance

Your judgments burden me with your consistent perseverance

I do not deserve this way

Just because I choose to pray

You don't even know me

You silence my words and my beliefs in front of my peers

You seem to encourage the hate, the laughter, and the sneers

Why must you keep doing this?

Ignorance seems far from bliss

And besides, you don't even know me

I am sorry that you despise what I believe and for what it makes me

I apologize for being a Christian and that we do not agree

You teach us about an equal people

What about those who stand under their steeple

Please don't oppress me

Because you don't even know me