Lakeyia Clark Poet Rhyme

Outside Looking In

 Outside Looking In (By: Lakeyia Clark; 4/7/08)


You’re on the outside looking in, so tell me what do you see.
Is it a hardworking, goal-oriented, single mother possibly?
Or is it just another young black female with no direction in life?
Not knowing I’m an overachiever despite my strife.
On the outside looking in, you only see what I show.
But the inside is much different from the outside, in a way you’ll never know.
A mask covering up the outside is what you’re probably thinking.
Or is it a cry out for understanding of a person mistaken?
You don’t see what I see, or know what I know.
You’re on the outside looking in and that’s as far as you’ll ever go.

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Jimmy Anderson October 15, 2010 at 9:49 AM Another nice piece! I hate when others prejudge. I still deal with it, even hear on Soup. But what keeps me around is I'm a fighter! And it seems through your words you are too. Later! JA

Sara Kendrick September 21, 2009 at 5:07 AM Nicely done expression of feelings. Keep writing. Sara P.S. You have soup mail.