(work in progress..)
Make no mistake
I may not express myself
the way you would like me to,
but my mind thinks
just as strong, just as deep.
Make no mistake
I may not wear the clothes
you think I should,
but I represent myself,
in a style that speaks to me.
Make no mistake
I may not look the way
you expected me to be,
but I carry within
a simple kind of different.
Make no mistake
I may not be as hard
as the world taught you to be,
but strength lives quietly
in the calm of my soul.
Make no mistake
I may not fit the mould
you shaped in your mind,
but I’m becoming the person
I choose to be, in time.
Make no mistake
I may not speak much
to prove what I know,
but my story runs deeper
than hollow chatter will ever show.
So let’s share this space
with respect,
with grace.
what’s the point of sight
if we only look inward,
and never take in
the beauty of difference?
