A world where everyone wants to speak and not hear

 

Is a world where a smile can fade into a tear

 

Born into stress and a father that felt hate 

 

Never was this child supposed to be great

 

He told me when I walked that I could not sprint

 

But my legs moved faster and I tried to imprint

 

That if I was told I could never succeed 

 

I would work till my lungs could no longer breathe

 

In school they said I was always too loud

 

They said I was blinded and  was just too proud

 

But now as 17 years is the time

 

They ask me to talk and discuss how I shine

 

They said my past would cease me to grow

 

But as I sprouted and flourished I continued to show

 

\That no matter what is said I will always do me

 

Because I travel through my eyes and not what they see

 

My world is a world where I can decide 

 

Whether to go fight or decide to go hide

 

My decision will always be to prove those wrong

 

Those who believed that I did not belong

 

A world where everyone wants to speak and not hear

 

Will be a world where I smile broadly without a tear