Self Empowerment
They looked at me seeing crazy
You look at me seeing nothing
But my loved ones say I matter
I join music and play my feelings
They call me weird and nerdy
You see passed me to the others
But my feelings say you matter
I can’t be like them
I want to but I won’t change for this
Too late…. I spoke too late
I changed for this
Heels to school, pain for beauty
Everything hurts and I get
More ignorance from others not to want more
Than a look my way from you
But my mind says you matter
As I walk my head falls
As I ran my face dried
When I stopped I realized
They stopped
My ideal beauty changed
I was no longer too late
I realized, I matter
I realized you don’t matter
I am powerful
I am beautiful
I am more than the ones you saw
I am a temple that is irreplaceable
I matter
Inspired by ‘Powerful’ by Alicia Keys and Jussie Smollett