Why Even Bother?
If only you knew
My true emotions
I would not be a mystery.
Why even bother
When nobody listens,
When your voice is not heard
Not a word or a phrase
They acknowledge you with a comment or nod
But all they hear are sounds coming from your mouth
Like a machine gun spitting bullets aimlessly
Your reputation silences your voice
And it is not even your own choice.
In my dive group, I am one of those voices
Not heard, not acknowledged
All because of my reputation
“You are immature and goofy” they say
All because of a different me
that lived four years ago today.
And even when I try, try, try
To get my voice heard
It’s not, so I just cry
When nobody is watching.
The girl I’ve been carpooling with for four years
Is one of the main sources of my tears
Because she is too busy with my own brother
To hear that I am trying to talk to her.
It is my reputation that I am immature
Even though I have tried to tell them
That I have changed, but nobody hears me
And I am left with a reputation of a boy nobody wants to be.
Even to my sister, my voice is not heard
I talk, and she just says, “Okay, sure”
In the sarcastic tone she says when she doesn’t listen
Treating me like my opinion is worth that of a boy at age seven.
Every person in that group,
The ones I call friends
Haven’t heard my voice
Ever since I met them at age ten.
Very powerful and emotional, has a lot of details.
ReplyDeleteI really connected to your poem, especially how you think the important people in your life don't listen. Just remember that there are millions of people who care and will listen to you, so don't let the few bring you down.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very touching poem, and it really moved me. It made me realize that maybe I do the same thing to my sister when she is trying to talk to me. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love the emotion and power in your poem, especially in your performance. It is really touching and you did an outstanding job.
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