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People Like Me

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Nobody likes people like me,
those people they don't understand.
The people who sit by a wall,
but stick out like a boulder in sand.

Nobody likes people like me,
the ones whose thoughts are deep.
I guess we scare them a little
with the way we act and think.

Long ago I learned
to paint masks on my small shell.
They hid the things I really knew
and the things I really felt.
Now I mirror back at people
the things they want to see.
But inside I am longing
to rid these masks of me.

Nobody likes people like me,
even though I really try
to make everyone happy
while I slowly die inside.

Nobody likes people like me,
and I'm starting to cave in.
Exhausted of these judgments
and battles from within.

Will anyone really listen?
Or really understand
the things that I say here?
Does anybody even care?

Nobody likes people like me,
and people like me don't know
that there are others out there,
other people to help them show.

Nobody likes people like me,
but I think if we could find
another who's just like us,
perhaps we'd change our mind.

A call to arms!
A battle cry!
Speak up if you can see
a little of yourself
reflected back in me.
I wrote this poem a couple years ago, but it still really reflects how I feel to this day.
It's really lonely, being different. Maybe one day we'll all find someone who's right for us, and we won't be lonely anymore.
© 2014 - 2024 Kiliann
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Sunbeargirl's avatar
Why were you so sad, dear heart? D: You've written a lovely poem. I must share it. O>O After all, it is your birthday. :D