“When you’re blamed and shamed for something you didn’t do,
remember the one who looks out for you, He knows the truth”
Long ago when I was in junior school
I was made to look a ludicrous fool
A note was passed around, from desk to desk
Guess who got the blame when it came to rest.
It was me of course, teacher called me out
I got the blame for handing the note out
The culprit never owned up, he or she
And no one at all came forward for me.
The note said that so and so loved someone
The names on the note from mind have long gone
Deep down I knew that teacher disliked me
It was how she spoke to me nastily.
Too shy to say what I needed to say
On that horrid embarrassing school day
Not one classmate spoke up in my defence
The instigator had no penitence.
That teacher picked on me for any thing
She didn't care how much her brusque words could sting
So I was tarnished with the blame and shame
If only I had that time back again.
Teachers are sure to be fully aware
Some pupils are in need of tender care
Living their lives already traumatised
Needing love and not to be stigmatised.
Categories:
stigmatised, angst, child, school,
Form: Rhyme
i gaze upon our infinite cosmos ~ self aware but mesmerised
i hobble across wild desert sands ~ cast out of eden stigmatised
i drift atop blue ocean currents ~ amongst the flotsam unbaptised
i clamber inside brittle mountains ~ lost within caves unscrutinised
i write before god and god alone ~ unrepentant for having eyes
The Writer In Me, Wants You To Know Poetry Contest
Sponsored by mystic Rose Rose
03/08/2021 N/A — Still unrepentant for having eyes
Syllable counter PS 17/17/17/17/17
Categories:
stigmatised, allusion, life, meaningful,
Form: Monoku
Paint coat gloss of stigmatised strategy
Ink print format dishonourable dastardly
Rewriting total emotional reliance on romantic target solo
Mistakes made eradicate match develops purely personal
Necessary structure supports test criteria
Shifted not by storm of hormonal hysteria
Flattery, female following foresee men fearful, fatigued
Indolent inconsistency implores males imbibe, intrigued
14th January
- format dating -
Categories:
stigmatised, allusion, culture, dance, inspiration,
Form: Couplet
Mared and stigmatised
even rejected and cast away
though for some reasons
all now past-see a new being
memories of the past now a scar
on her path ne'er to be forgotten
resulting into blatant discrimination
paradoxical to this view,she's an
haven,a paradise with beauties of nature
oil,wildlives and mineral resources
sought for all over the world even by critics
inspite trheir shortcoming,she still cares
she is a mother indeed,mother of all-Nigeria
Categories:
stigmatised, black african american, on
Form: Acrostic