emily aykens Poet Free verse

Try

Why do you hate me?
My age
My face
My personality

You don't know me. 
Haven't even tried.
Probably won't.

So why judge?
Am I really that bad?
How would you know.

I try to sit idle
while you yell
and scream
and criticize.

How hard can it be?
Hardest thing I've ever done.
Staying silent.
When I know it's wrong.

Why can't you even try.
I don't think it's that hard. 
Talk to me
you might then se
me for me.

Am I really that bad?
Can you not even try?
Try to talk to me.
Try to understand.

She's the best thing in my life.
I'd never hurt her
I want the best life for her.
Even if it means without me.

I know you don't approve
But why disapprove?
You don't know me.
You don't know her.
You don't know us.

All you do is yell at her
even when she tries to explain.
You haven't tried to listen
or understand 
or let her be her.

She understands her choices
they are hers to make.
Last I checked it's her life
let her live the way she wants. 

She is strong.
She is amazing.
She is important.
Don't treat her like she's less.

She deserves the world
which is not how you treat her. 
She deserves happiness
not screaming and anger.
She deserves kindness
not raised voices and solemn silences.
She deserves understanding
not criticizing.

She is everything to me
and if you looked a little deeper
you might finally see
I'm not as awful
as you make me out to be.

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