They think that I’m crazy
I’m stupid and lazy.
The dumb girl who is hazy
They step on me like a perished daisy.
They think that I can’t do anything.
And to me sorrow and pain they bring
By saying I’m just a useless lump
Who is meant to fail in everything.
And it is upon me they jump.
And like flowers, petals I shed.
No matter if they give me poison or bread
Their words don’t kill me, I’m already dead.
And in their eyes I see a cruel gleam
And they all share this one dream,
To crumple me like a sheet of paper.
Because they know if they don’t hold me back, I’ll rise like a skyscraper.
They think that I’m a weak little bird
Who can’t fly to the mountain peak.
But when I reach the heights I seek, who are they going to jeer?
A little flower sheds it’s petals at night
Not because it’s losing hope
But because in the morning, when the daylight will shine bright
It’ll open its petals wider than ever.
I know like the sun I’ll shine one day
And it won’t matter if they go away or choose to stay
I will work for it and keep working and have my success today.
*My note: Don’t let anybody tell you that you cannot be anything you want to be.
Falak Fayaz Masoodi
Class VI