Self-Worth Poem by Janis Land Raymer

I wasn't that different from you...
but you treated me as if I was.
I'll bet you never knew I had the same dreams as you...
I wanted to
be happy,
know love,
chase dreams,
yes, even fail...
that's how we learn after all.
but it wasn't all you-
you guys were a symptom to a bigger disease-
Isn't that right mom? dad?
you, it was you that took that right from me.
I was the weapon ya'll used
to inflict pain on each other.
Therefore it should come as no surprise...
I've had the victim mentality all my life.
Kids at school,
men,
I never saw myself as equal-
you two may never have SAID I was second rate
but you proved it daily...
and actions speak louder than words.
I don't know if I'll ever begin to believe in...
my self-worth.
Only time can tell.


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Janis Land-Raymer