Best Poems Written by Kimberly Lemons

Different

You think your life is perfect
You get the red crayon in 
Kindergarten 
You get the reading passage 
correct in first grade
You get your first crush, first 
boyfriend, first kiss, first 
homecoming dance. 

But one thing is clarified and 
everything around you changes
You no longer fit it
You're given medication you 
didn't even know existed
You get extra help
And then, people look at you 
like you're from another planet. 

The teasing starts and you go 
back into that dark corner you 
just left
You don't want to leave
You begin to avoid your friends 
because you think that they're 
going to judge you
They start to worry and they 
text and call you until you 
answer
But you don't answer because 
you don't want them to know
You don't want to be different. 

You think you're alone so you 
do tell anyone
You don't want them to think of 
you differently
You don't say anything because 
you think you'll lose friends 
But then you do lose friends 
because you didn't tell them. 

There are deaf schools and 
blind schools
There's a program for dyslexia
But there's nothing for ADD and 
ADHD
You just have to deal with it.

Copyright © Kimberly Lemons | Year Posted 2014