I am an insecure poem <br />so you don't have to read on... <br /> <br />Some people, <br />they don't like me <br />they say that <br />I am too short <br /> <br />I think that is ridiculous <br />How can you dislike someone for being too short? <br />Well, I am not someone I am a poem <br /> <br />And some people they say that I am too simple <br />and they don't like me because I read too openly and clearly. <br />They say that I don't compare with Shakespeare or Ginsberg. <br />Well I tell them I am not trying to be anyone I am not, <br />I am not that kind of poem! <br /> <br />But <br /> <br />Some people, they say that I am not even a poem! <br />? ? ? ? <br />Just because I am different <br />? ? ? ? <br />People are saying that they don't know what I am <br />? ? ? ? <br />This makes me sad <br />How can people not recognize what I am? <br /> <br />When ever I hear such criticisms I get upset <br />and I feel like crying... <br />I feel like I don't want to be here <br />and that this world is not for me. <br />However I shall not be moved <br />I will not cry <br />I will always stay the same <br />I believe in myself <br />I stand strong <br />I know that I am a poem <br />even if you think that I am not <br />I might not be Shakespear or Dylan Thomas <br />but <br />I guess it doesn't matter <br />Because <br />I am not part of the <br />flowery intelligentsia elite! <br /> <br />In the end, I am what I am <br />and that's all that matters. <br /> <br />© 2007 Nathan Strange<br /><br />Nathan Strange<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-self-conscious-poem/
