No One

In the Blue – Henry Zhang

Naveen Kumar

People look right at you

Stares of disgust

You wonder what you did

To deserve all this hate

You’re just like everyone else

You thought

You belong with others

You thought

You can be who you want to be 

You thought

Such naive feelings have no place

In the hearts of the despised

You beat yourself over it

Over

And over

And over

Your passions fall apart

Like a clay mold that escaped the kiln

Your friends start to leave

When you need them most

Your future seems like it’ll never appear

Like the light at the tunnel that always escapes your grasp

So close, yet so far

You start to look inward

Try to fix yourself

And you get frustrated when you

Can’t find anything that needs fixing

You can’t seem to realize

That you are perfect just the way you are

And that no one gets to choose your life when you’re the driver

And that no one gets to judge you when you’re free

And that no one gets to push you down when you’re in the air

Despite the others who doubted you

Even if you doubted yourself

Even if you still doubt yourself

You are amazing, special, wonderful

You are 

Perfect. 

Just as you are.