A poem about finding self worth in the face of adversity even if no one knows |
My parents tell me to reach for the sky The stars are my goal I follow their wishes and reach upwards My hands outstretched high But my reach comes to a standstill The man on the moon has thwarted me He has stopped my hands Has made them fall back down to Earth It makes my confidence shake Changes the way I look at the sky My parents don't realize I have been hindered They push me back towards the sky But they don't realize my fears Or the pain of failing They don't see me fall back down The man on the moon laughs at me Makes me think that no one cares No one sees him As he pushes me down They tell me I can do better The man on the moon turns the light from me He pulls my siblings up As he pushes me down Shows my parents their high reach And hides my fall My friends talk about their dreams I laugh as they joke about their fears They don't see the man on the moon laugh at me As he taunts me about their every growing reach And my ever consuming defeat I try and try again My hands don't make it to the stars They slam down in my face Showing me my dreams can't happen As long as he is in charge The man on the moon has won I have let him run my life I don't know how to get away I can't get away His laugh still echoes in my ears "Pitiful" he tells me As my hands fall once more But I try again And again Gaining more confidence as I go I will overcome I will beat him He will not run my life My dreams will be accomplished No matter if no one notices |