Overlooked
My whole life I’ve been overlooked and bypassed only time they ever payed attention is when I made them laugh. Funny ass nigga with real feelings deep inside but nobody ever saw the flame dying in my eyes. Acceptance and approval were the things that I searched for willing to pay no matter what it cost physically or mentally as long as somebody at least pretended to be a friend to me. A lot of lonely days spent riding around music blasting just to gain the attention of the pretty girls I’m passing but not confident enough to approach them when we somehow stop at the same 7-11.
Too tall, too dark and my nose too big so I spent a lot of money on kicks to get attention I seemingly wouldn’t be able to get any other way now I wish I still had all the money I wasted today. And the wasted time spent with girls wanting me for what they see and not for me. Then when they realize that I’m more than clothes and shoes they want to get to know me but by then I’m over the materialistic life they choose.
Now I’m still not that comfortable in my skin but I know my value is more than some J’s or a belt with another man’s name. So every morning I slip on my hopes and dreams and get dressed in my pride then lace up my confidence and courage and face everyday without social pressures that crush the average person in my age group who’d rather be accepted than exceptional.
(2015)
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