Stronger Than You'd Think
if gazes were lasers i'd be smoldering
this is a sea of faces and people are floundering
drowning
desperate to save themselves
to reach the surface and breathe in the sweet air of acknowledgement
regardless of who they must push down and drown on the way up there
makeup and high heels and hair gel become flotation devices
and i alone can swim
i am not bound by the rules of the masses
i am swept up in the rain and wind and anchored by the earth
i am a child born of stardust and forged by galaxies
with every click of my heels and motion of my arms i feel eyes drawn to me
so what if i am plain, if i am ordinary
if i am short or chubby or isolated or dull
so what if i am not popular
if i am not talented
if i am not exactly like you
if being normal means to drown then thank goodness i am me