Misunderstood

A kid simplified and broken down

Reduced to a microphone in their hand,

The notes that leave their lips.

This child is more than this.

 

“You are my daughter”

Says the mother, breaking a spirit

The child will never feel accepted

This child is not a daughter.

 

A love for the misunderstood

They relate as well,

Always called a daughter, a singer

This child loves the oppressed.

 

They’ll make fabric and clothes

While the new world is sewn

The kid wants to help the world

This child wants the world saved

Posted in response to the challenge Who and Why?.

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Adalia Kruk

VT

15 years old

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