Should I take it personally
Knowing that you
Don’t want to know me
You’ve got your reasons
Valid and real
I do not possess universal appeal
I can’t question your judgement
I think you’re great
Whether or not
You want me on your plate
I stand aside
Offering a bounty
From which you don’t want to feed
And for now
Alone I eat
Which has to be
Enough for me

I’m buried in red flags
Almost magically
Vivid to everyone else
Invisible to me

Give me a vibe, Boo
I thought you said that you were cool
Ain’t there some kinda rule?
That you gotta keep it real
If you wanna be cool
It’s not something you couldn’t do
Nothing ain’t something
And never could be
And I don’t see
Why you can’t give something to me

I am an ant in the room
Competing with the elephant
For notice
But as an ant
I should plainly see
I don’t want the elephant
To notice me

I can only take it personally
When someone don’t see
The cool in me
Upon which
Not everyone agrees

I don’t know if it belongs where I put it