Your Worth

lanaevans

Sometimes I feel dead amongst the humans who smile and laugh and pay me no mind.

I crave the attention of a man, I crave the eyes to justify that I have some beauty the world is blind to. 

I feel like a shadow, I'll always be behind you. I'll never have a say because what I say, nobody ever has the time to listen to me. 

So I just follow your lead and hope to be accepted by you, and my hope will always stay a dream. 

A dream deferred. What happens to a dream deferred?

My dream dried up like a raisin in the sun, it's gone.

Don't you know your worth? 

Why do you care so much about what the people of this Earth think about you?

When at the end, their approval won't matter.

Even being accepted by you, I still crave acceptance.

For someone to tell me I'm someone. 

But can you judge me?

Can you say that I'm ugly if you don't know me?

On the outside, I may look a mess, on the inside, you don't care for my invite since I've already made a bad impression with my nasty face and my lack of fashion. 

But what do anyone of you matter?

Even the ones who say they like my hair and they like the clothes I wear.

Why does any of that matter?

Because I don't know my worth.

 

 

  • Author: lanaevans (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 8th, 2017 19:32
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  • BRIAN & ANGELA

    Welcome LANA ~ Thanks for your first poem ~ which is rather self~deprecating. You are BEAUTIFUL you are WORTHY of LOVE because you are an individual & unique Lady in a Country that (in the main) respects Ladies and loves Individuals. MPS is a very empathetic site and you will find if you get to know our members and comment on their poems ~ they will comment on yours ~ because you are WORTHY ~ Yours BRIAN (UK) Please check my poems ~ Thanks B



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