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Apr 2018
Have you ever wondered how your life would be if you were somebody else? I have, and it takes courage, empathy, and ​acuity​ to fully understand what another person is going through in their life. I have the ​inane​ ability to create ​figments​ of reality about myself being someone else. I have wondered how would it be like to be​ indubitably​ pretty. I picture myself being the girl who is confident, popular, preppy, somewhat​ testy​, and surprisingly smart. In my mind, she is perfect and has not experienced any of the humiliations that I have. It pains me to think of myself as a travesty​ of her image, but that is all I am. A nerdy girl in school, ​her glasses falling from her nose​, thinking about how her alter ego could conquer the world. But I never thought that she suffered too. She is ​reputed​ to be a loose woman and others' jealousy ​enervate​ her confidence, but she has a ​penchant​ need for attention and, for that, she won't stay away from those who hurt her. She is​ fecund​, very capable, but she fears that her intelligence will turn her into someone else. A pretty girl in school, ​her popularity falling apart​, fearing she will become someone like me. I won't judge her because she wouldn't be able to walk a day in my shoes, because I know I wouldn't be able to walk in hers either. But I hope that now that I understand her life, I get to walk with confidence that she has.
Valerie De Jesús
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Valerie De Jesús  17/F/United States
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