All of You Listen Close.

Today's post is serious. I wrote a poem at the end of last year that I have really been pushing to get noticed. It's called listen and I wrote it to define what I want from the world. It is mostly to tell the world how I feel and what I don't want vs. what I do. I hope you all like it. I also hope that it touches you as much as it touches me. I wish that you gain something from it and it will bring you clarity to something that has been troubling in your life.

Just Listen

Just listen

And listen to me good.

Hang on to every word I’m about to say.

Because I really mean it.

Don’t take it as a joke

But really understand what I feel.

So just listen.

Sometimes when you want to be yourself

And stand out from everyone else

It backfires.

You end up becoming them

The ones you don’t want to conform to.

And you don’t really realize this until

The Aftermath of it all.

I don’t want to be that way anymore.

I want to be taken seriously and not be afraid.

I want to be able to lead and know that

People can trust in me.

I don’t want to be laughed at anymore

Or looked upon for my appearance ways

I want to be what I was born to be: A Leader

I’m not a person who takes pride in always being silent.

I like to stand out and be different because

I’m not like everyone else.

I see the world differently in my eyes

Than people see in theirs.

I see a world of love, struggle, and of sometimes despair.

But all that can change if you just listen

If all of us help each other at what we do best

Then I promise we can all become

something unlike rest.

A place, a world, of individuals

Who don’t give up hope

And know that we can depend upon

Someone else when we are feeling apathetic

All you need to do is listen

Not just with your ears, but with

Your mind, with your heart, and with your soul.

Use your experience to guide for

Change in who you are and

what you do in this life. That will determine

The hope given to us in which we seek and ask.

So again I ask you to just listen

Listen to the words that I have written

Understand what I am asking from you.

Guidance, Perseverance,and Leadership.

And even if I don’t ever achieve what I wanted

Even if I don’t make it, I’ll always know that

I Tried. I Hoped. And I Listened.

Are You Listening?