Therapy-Poem (WhisperShade)

“Be yourself,” They say,

“But exactly just like me.”

I can’t follow in your footsteps,

So I don’t pretend to be,

Someone else,

That I don’t like.

Don’t dare mask your hate in lies.

“Don’t be mean,”

“You’re too nice”

“Everybody’s weird sometimes.”

“Just be normal and

Don’t care

About how others feel inside.”

“You’re too smart,

And I’m so dumb.”

At what point will we go numb?

“Please don’t judge me.”

“Or ask me.”

“I don’t care what people think.”

“I don’t like to feel exposed.”

If that’s your cup, then take a drink.

Swallow truth, but it might sting.

Could jump a ship, but it might sink.

“I’m too lazy,

Don’t want to work.”

Put effort in or you’ll be worse.

“You talk too much

And ask too much.”

“Could you please just go away from us?”

“You’re too innocent,

You won’t know.”

Are you afraid of what I’ll show?

“Are you mentally insane?”

No, I just look at things a different way.

“Can you stop? My head feels dizzy.”

I know, I make my own a tizzy.

“You’re not us, so go away.”

“We were born this way,” They say.

That doesn’t mean that you can’t change.

What’s even “normal” anyway?

These comments,

They fill my ears.

Every single day.

I hear their little whispers,

The silent things that don’t get said.

I’m already defined;

The decision has been made.

I know all that I’m not,

So I don’t believe the things they say.