Welcome To Society
Welcome to society
Where you feel worthless and small.
You are judged for being ordinary
And judged for being different
Than everyone else.
If I have the same shoes as someone
I’m a copier
If I'm wearing something others think is ugly,
Apparently, I want attention and I’m asking to
Be made fun of.
Either you are worshipped for being pretty
And ignored otherwise.
Those girls with waxed eyebrows
And crop top shirts are “popular”
And people like me are left in the dust
And are prey to the higher social group.
It’s people like that who are the hunters
And people like me are the prey.
Its people like that who made me drag knives across my thighs
And my wrists and anywhere I could to cope with the pain.
It’s people like that who made me take pills and tie a noose
Although that didn't work.
It’s people like that who made me feel like I am not important.
Long sleeves and bloody bandages, and tears.
Pools and pools of tears and piles of blades
Just because people think poorly about me.
But you aren't ugly,
Society is.
It is the twenty-first century.
Popularity is based on follows and likes
And number of comments on selfies
On social media.
There are the girls with over one hundred
Heart-eyed comments and four hundred likes.
Then there’s me, with little followers and
No good selfies to post
Because when you’re called ugly,
It’s hard not to believe it.
Words can escape so easily with
Little thoughts on how they can hurt.
You should not be judged on how you do your hair
Or what clothes you wear
Or how “on point” your makeup is.
I’m sorry I can't afford Gucci and
My eyeliner wing isn’t perfect.
Cultural standards of beauty are destroying our world.
You’ll feel worthless based on others opinions
About you.
Not everyone is born with a photogenic smile
Or a perfectly symmetrical face.
I’m sorry I’m not aesthetically pleasing in your opinion
But what you say affects people.
You aren’t ugly,
Society is.
It is 2017.
And equality is still an issue
If your LGBTQ+ or
Your ethnicity is different
Or you are a woman
You are treated terribly.
Why shouldn’t I get paid the same as some dude who
Does the same job?
Why should how I’m treated be based
On what's in my pants?
Liking the same sex is not a sin
Love is love, no matter what they say
Be who you are, no matter what others feel about it.
Why should it matter if I go from a girl to a boy,
Or I’m attracted to the same gender
Or if I’m attracted to no one at all
Why should anyone get a say on how I feel.
Pansexual, transgender, aero or ace
Why should it matter to other people
Who I choose to love?
Shouldn’t being happy matter more?
People don’t understand equality
Or how to treat each other
Like human beings.
We are a poverty, war stricken society.
Others starve, while others selfishly eat more than needed.
“Why aren’t you eating?” they ask
It is because I can’t bring myself to eat more than necessary while
Others are starving to death
We are a society of hate and resentment.
Being a victim of such hate
Can make you feel small.
Like the entire world is closing in on you
And you are going to be crushed to pieces.
But you aren't ugly,
Society is.
Copyright © Emily Mckenna | Year Posted 2017
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