Poems by Fern
ME (AND YOU AND THEY)... HEY!!!
Everything I do
I do for YOU.
But YOU
don't do for me,
so it's time for me to see
that I
don't comply
with what you want
ME to be.
And YOU get angry
and belittle and scold
and try to mold
an IMPOSSIBILITY!!
You're YOU
and I'm ME.
I don't want to be
what I'm not!
I would rot
if I were like YOU,
even though
YOU put on the right show,
and I don't.
And I won't!
I refuse
to abuse,
and scream,
and yell,
and create a HELL!
Oh well....
I sing my song,
and dance my dance
I never took the chance,
to not care
if THEY stare.
Because who are THEY?
And SHE?
And HE?
I can always be
My own company!
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Biographical sketch: I am high school teacher in the inner
city
Fern recommends:
City in All Directions by Arnold Adoff
Reason: It's about urban poetry,,, my favorite kind
Recommendations for writers:
Don't be afraid of baring your naked soul
