Because You Are Different Poem by nthabiseng kgoronyane

When you are found in between a society
In which you are different from all
Because you are not like them,
Millions part of them will tell you
You are nothing,
Some will tell you that you will never succeed
But all the words are spoken because they fear you.

They fear what you have that they don't,
Something that you know which they will
never experience,
They fear you because your abilities are
Not measurable and beyond their thinking,
In times you want to be part of them
Because you fear yourself,
The best that makes you great among them,
You want to be told you belong with them
Because then you will feel sense of belonging.

They fear you because you will
Never want anything that is theirs
Like they want all that is yours.
Many names they put on you
Just so some stranger may think
That you have excessive pride,
But its all because your pride is to the
Standard they will never understand
How you handle such richness.
They fear you because even in poverty you
Survive like those rich,
Even in tears your smile lights your face.

They fear you because you have unexpected
Versions of everything.
You have never looked down on others
Like they have done on themselves.
They fail to see the best in themselves
Because they waste time searching for
Mistakes in others, missing their own.
They fear you because you are different.