THEY WERE WRONG

THEY WERE WRONG

Jon Barr

I was told at an early age that I wasn’t worth a dime

No pennies for my thoughts, not worth a quarter of their time

They made it clear, my only purpose was to receive all of this hurt

And that my best possible option was a box thrown in the dirt

They played me as a fool from opening till close

I wound up taking more hits than an addict’s powdered nose

They butchered and belittled me from midnight till morn

Under the justification “because you were born”

Well now this nerd has got the nerve to stand against the mold

I got passed a bad hand, but I’m not part of the fold

This pencil’s now my sword, pulled out from my struggle’s stone

The loser’s now a lord; the bathroom stall’s my iron throne

The lamb’s now a lion, telling bygones to be gone

This scrawny scarecrow’s showcasing it’s brains over brawn

I went from pointdexter to Sylvester Stallone

And the punches I throw now hit harder than their sticks and stones

So now these wolves in sheep’s clothing wish they had better camouflage

When this barrage makes more hits than a 80’s movie montage

So this monologue is just to prove that

I’ve evolved, I’m human too

So your words, with claws, can’t cleave me through

I’m human too

That’s all I want to prove

I’m human too