Reaching out
But I'm grabbing air
I try so hard
But no one cares
Lies are strong
Enough to blind
So people think
That I'm not right
I am wrong
When all I've done
Is reach for peace
When there was none
What more is left
For me to do
When they cant see
That truth is truth
What's so wrong
With living your own life
Making mistakes
And trying to survive
You have to blossom before you can bloom
But you have to be ripe before they'll pick you
And usually the process goes unseen
Then later in life you mingle and meet
But I grew up before their eyes
They've seen me strong
And they've seen me cry
And 17's such an early age
To tell someone what they should be
Its really hard to find yourself
When you find you're under a microscope
The judging eyes
Always criticized
But forgot to love
And build me up
And so, of course, they brought me down
And now respect
Is no where to be found
Am I at fault
For how I grew up
Not being perfect
Means I'm not good enough
But when I look back
Over my life
I see a smart girl
Who tried to live right
I own my mistakes
And I've learned from them all
And I've even learned
From those which I saw
The lives of others
Who've inspired me
To be or not to be
I can see truth
From a lie
So forgive me now
I don't want your advice
My life is my own
And my life is my God's
I answer to him
And nobody else
I'm all grown up
And I'm proud to be
The me that I
Was meant to be
I've said my peace
And I tried to reach out
So ill live my life
Without any doubts
And God surely will
Take care of the rest
All I can do
Is be my best
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
One of the most difficult things to go through, is judgement. When you find that you are being nit-picked, put under a microscope and completely misconstrued... it is very debilitating. And what's worse, is when this happens to someone who is only trying to love, and live right, and find her way... you know, grow up... just like everyone else does. But for some reason, everything she does is made out to be extreme when it's not, or with bad intention-when it's not. I have found that people are very deceitful and jealous, when they have no apparent reason to be... when they seemingly have everything and more... Why they feel this way, I may never know...