Stuck In the Lab
Don’t you say you don’t like me
if you don’t know
how I walk, how I talk,
how I think, know my flow
Don’t begin to judge
what the eyes cannot see
because my inner emotions
thoughts, words, despite;
how I dress, how I act
I have my life
I never asked you to join it
if you don’t want it,
just leave.
Don’t sit back and stare
your glare is such a displease,
I feel like a lab rat
observed, noted on
thinking I want the cheese
when all I really want is out
I won’t go back in the cage
without putting up a fight
I won’t let out my rage
but I do have a right
I never said you had to like me
just give me a chance
see who I really am,
how I sing, how I dance.
I cannot let loose
without evaluation
the numbers don’t add up
in your ridiculous equation
so just let me try
I’m different than I appear
and if you don’t like me
then I suppose you can fear
how I shove, how I push
my way through the halls
and let you wish
I’d disappear into the walls.
(2006)
