I am different

You look at me with derision

mock my life decision

judging me, you know better

I am lost, you are clever

I am different,

I am wrong,

I whistle a different tune

I sing another song

I dance to another beat

I don’t cross your street.

I am different.

I shame you with my style

you see me; you walk a mile

you talk behind my back

my actions you attack.

I hurt you, I brought you shame

I am the one to blame

because I am not the same.

I am different.

You said jump, I didn’t ask how high

You spoke, I asked why

You preached, I taught myself

You hid, I found the book on a dusty shelf.

You pretended, I came outright

you hid behind your garb, I carried my pride

while you laughed, I cried.

I am different.

You pretended,

I saw the truth

it all ended.

I choose to be different.

I pave my way

I carve my destiny

I choose my surroundings

you are my history.

You laugh because I’m different.

I laugh because you are all the same…..