Why

© 2001 Anna Tan

Why do you see me as different from you?

Can’t you see I’m like you too?

Am I too short, too tall, thin or fat?

That I’m stepped over just like a mat?

In a generation where equality is nigh

Why do so many faces carry a lie?

They seem nice and manage a smile

Inside they laugh at you all the while

Is it my colour, that I’m a different race

Or is it the pimples that erupt on my face?

And while I’m asking, I stop to enquire,

Is it because of my teeth and that wire?

I wish I could join you and your friends

But now I think it all depends

On whether I’m cool enough for you

And whether I think the way you do

I wish you wouldn’t judge me by my looks

Or whether I’m noisy or if I like books

Coz in the end I’m human like you

And even if I’m uncool I need friends too.

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