** I have been attempting to persuade my incredibly talented friend to set up a blog for some time now. He is an amazing poet – his pieces are expressive and thought-provoking and deserve to be read/heard. He made me a deal… If I were to post one of his poems on my blog and he received ‘any attention’, he would look into starting a poetry blog. Help me persuade this talented young man to share his gift: like, share, comment, etcetera and help me show him how talented he really is.**
Fire and Desire
I just wanna be liked
Probably stemming from a time when I wasn’t the popular guy
When people referred to me as Steve Urkel
And you know how kids are; they say things just to irk you
Anything to provoke a response that fuels their inner most desire
To bring you down so that they may feel higher
It’s like an infectious greed and when those vampires smell blood
Then they must feed on essential nutrients like self esteem
And get full off of people’s need to be socially accepted
At that age, all you have is your name
Dragging it through the mud leaves an emotional stain that can’t be removed
No matter what amount of dial soap used, you can’t scrub off pain
It manifests inside your brain, seeps into your pores, enters your bloodstream
Attaches itself to your cell wall lining, creeps into your spine
Until you can’t stand up to the pain anymore
But let’s explore this desire to belong
Is it so strong that we forget self-worth?
Is it worth giving up on life, leaving suicide notes on social media sites?
Instead of fighting for what’s right because you have the right to be as you wanna be
Everyone has a different pedigree, so why should anyone be able to dog you out
Without cause or provocation, just a way to deal with the frustration of who they are
They probably see a lot of you in them
And that will not work with their set of friends
In turn they pick on the worst part of their personality
By reducing the mentality of what you think about yourself
Then maybe the oddness of them will shrink so they can hold on to lies told
Promoting an image that keeps them in line with the privileged
And far away from the have not’s
I have not an ounce of sympathy
For anyone that doesn’t have the decency to treat others as they would want to be treated
The golden rule has been tarnished by YouTube fanatics
Who believe idiosyncrasies should be filmed for all to see
To prey on the weak, meek, and timid
On the premise that they deserve it angers me to the core
I implore you. IF you are a victim of this vindictive behavior
Don’t ignore YOU
Have the desire to let your fire shine brightly
And burn anyone that tries to extinguish it
