Student's viral poem asks 'Why am I not good enough?'

one take a shower you don't want to smell to pick out an outfit that will fit in with the latest trends and won't make you the laughingstock of the school more than you already are 3 put on some makeup so you can actually show your face in public and be a little bit pretty you can't even recognize yourself and your face tinkles with an unbelievable if you can't satisfy otherwise you'll have ruined the hours of meticulous painting you apply to your hideous face for don't forget to style your hair and elegant curls you can't let everyone at school see how your hair frizz is up like an electrocuted monkey naturally 5 shove your fat feet into those toe pinching blood blistering commerce that everyone at school is wearing and you could not be the odd one out as you gaze into the bathroom mirror you'll see a stranger that somehow stole your reflection and replaced it with a completely different girl every part of your outfit isn't comfortable but even though you spent hours trying to look pretty you will never be as good as those other girls at school you are actually holding back a few tears but you feel like you were holding back a tsunami of emotion you can't let anyone else know that you feel otherwise they will never respect you the same way they used to or did they ever why am I not good enough beauty is pain 6 get off the bus 7 find a group of people you can walk to class with because heaven knows you can't just walk alone but you don't even like these people they cuss in the big dirty jokes a lot and they laugh and make fun of you you know you shouldn't hang out with them but hey they are the popular kids and you just want people to like you like they like them you are in the stocks as people throw judging Tomatoes and hating heads of lettuce that you're insecure little head you cannot stand up for yourself because you are alone trapped and defenseless and you cannot stand up for yourself because these popular kids are like the royalty of the school and a what they say and do goes you take each comment each judgment each assumption opinion each strange look each remark each criticism each review each report each assessment and with it your self-esteem plummets like a sinking ship down down down into the dark and dreary depths below you look at all of the other girls your mind racing a vile minute I wish I had her eyes I wish I had her hair I wish I was as skinny as her I wish I had her perfectly straight why teeth I wish that I had her social confidence I wish as many boys liked me as they liked her why am I not good enough life isn't fair eight get your work done the only part of your life that seems all vocal is the actual school work you take pride in your work because it is possibly the only thing special about you you do want to see the radiant smiles on your teachers faces as they applaud your work so joyful praises the gentle rain that brings forth a magnificent rainbow the radiant sunshine that brings forth fields of sweet daisies one of the only things that brings you happiness but it is not popular to be smart in fact you're seen as a nerd too smart human calculator Brainiac geek teacher's pet suck up whatever wonderful name you can think of your peers jealousy is the pollution that prevents a rainbow the bulldozer the plows through the fields of what's golden daisies the intangible object that crushes your happiness like a bug ace are getting you nothing but torment why and I'm not good enough just get over it 9 it's the end of the day get ready for bed 10 undress get your pajamas on wow did I get fatter today 11 undo your hair Wow my hair looks like a walk 12 wash off all of your makeup I can't even look at myself this is my life every day I can't control it I've been told I can't compare apples and oranges I've been told I'm distorted I've been told I have to be grateful for Who I am but going through your middle school years you are on your own journey to find yourself on a small jet and sometimes you cannot control what happens to you the turbulence will throw you off course but popular isn't always a good thing you tell yourself I just want people to like me I just want to be accepted but skipping meals and marking up your wrist isn't going to fix that you look at other girls wishing you were them but other girls are looking at you wishing they were you society verse girls have to have skinny waists tan skin long silky hair perfectly straight teeth big butts and etc Society infers girls have to wear tons of makeup to be pretty society in furs girls have to wear skanky clothing and do inappropriate things with boys to be happy and considered cool but society is wrong you are loved you are precious you are beautiful you are talented you are capable you are deserving of respect you can eat that meal you are one in seven billion and most of all you are good enough

Channel: ABC Television Stations

Views: 21,019,571

Keywords: why am i not good enough, olivia vella, queen creek middle school, poetry slam, slam poetry, abc, abcotv

Id: Eu_Gl0woeOw

Length: 6min 0sec (360 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 02 2017