Pearl

I

Float.

Floating 

Through all

The hate that we

Hear, floating through

Pain and tears, yet my interior

Never cracks, protected by a shell

Knowing that I am untouchable, so why

Am I scared? Hearing the voices, the voices

Which are so loud and never quiet, they echo

Through my mind and in my dreams. Impossible

To shake, although I try. I want to scream and yet

The moment I open my mouth, my beauty vanishes.

You would rip from me the only thing that provides

Me with individuality and then mould me to fit rings

So that I may run in circles and question myself

So that I never realise that this shape society

Has moulded me into is not who I am, but

That who I am is beautiful and unique

My voice is silenced and 

Yet yours is heard. 

Why would you leave me to float as a single drop in this ocean?