Poet's Therapy

Why am I treated so differently It feels like every action I make no matter what it may be Results in me being criticized by those around me Am I taking them to seriously? I’d often ponder So every once in a while I tried to relax, but It’s hard to ignore their taunts and jeers that was always followed by frantic laughter which formed a unsettling composition With silent anger as a undertone And this is how I grew up year after year Keeping everything inside Afraid to stand out because I feared being rejected Afraid to speak up because I feared being ignored As a result I became disfigured Crippled with nervousness to the point where everything I said came out in fragments But the thing about fragments is that no matter how much I speak I was always left wanting to say more I just wanted to express myself and participate in fellowship So I prayed and I prayed until one day the spell was lifted My fragments became words and my words became sentences No words could express the joy I felt Yet why am I standing before you today? The answer is simple. I’m here to tell everyone that God has a plan you. Because I was once considered a victim but now I’m a vessel