This poem I wrote for a poetry contest and won 2nd place. Here it is I hope you enjoy!!

As I get off the bus, I check to see if my hair is scraggly
It is
It always is
I never have time to brush it
My mother always yells,
Remember to brush your hair
And I always reply,
I’m reading my book, I’ll be down in a minute
But maybe,
Maybe I don’t want to care about how I look
Maybe I don’t want to brush my hair
In the morning
Maybe I don’t want to change my shirt,

  Even though I have been wearing it

For as long as I can remember

 And maybe, just maybe,
               

 I don’t want to take a shower and put deodorant on

But the girls at school
They make a big fuss over
Everything
If I walk in wearing a dress and actually remembering to
Shave my legs
They take me in as their own.
But if I forget to do all of this,
And show up in messy braids, a stained t-shirt
And cheap Walmart jeans they turn me away
As if I weren’t the same girl as I was
Yesterday

All for now ladies

~ Belli

P.S Sorry for not blogging sooner

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