BeUnderstanding
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Some people just don't understand
ME
For who I am...
For who I want to be...
To them I'm just an
INCONSIDERATE
HUMAN BEING
And I just don't understand why...
But oh! maybe I do...
i'm done with all the poems about
how depressed people are in love
...with their beds.
i'm done with metaphors about
light and how "if it just shined
on me for a second i might
Chocolate dew and melted rain.
Putting all these illusions into a frame.
Art that spoke to you.
painting and then stamping your name.
They call it science but it would not be fair game.
Please, don't touch me.
But, please, hug me.
Please, make sure everything is in order.
But, please, let me do it.
Please, don't make eye contact with me.
But, please, tell me my blue eyes are pretty.
