A Poem by Tykail Mae

I really liked this poem that Tykail (one of my students) shared with me. She gave me permission to put it on my blog. She is a really good writer. She gave me another poem that I may post in the future. I hope you enjoy it. It makes me think a lot about teenagers and the emotions and circumstances they face on a daily basis.
In My Shoes
Put yourself in my shoes
Feel my pain
The dirt, the sorrow, being ashamed
-the ones you loved
-just be confused
Put yourself in my lonely shoes
Do you ever think
When you spit dirt on my name
Blast me out, call me names
Put yourself in my shoes
It just isn’t the same
-Is there a God Is he really real 14 years old,
do you Know how I feel?
Am I pretty
Or just a blob I’m not like the rest
That click, that mob
-Put yourself in my shoes
-I’m nobody, somebody
Mixed emotion
In this young girls’ lobby
-Feel my pain, do you know how it feels
-It’s not the same, yet-
“In my shoes, it’s all real.”