Second prize winner, poetry
Acceptance
Hey you Yes, you
Look
at me. No, don't look around
me
Over me Or by me at me, in my eyes and See the real me. Don't try to fit me
Look
Into a category Or put a title on
Know who
I
my
head before you
am.
Hey you Yes, you talk with
No, don't
me. talk at
me
About me Or for me. Talk with me, to the person I am and Discover the real me. Don't try to stuff me under A sub-heading Or put a brand on my name before you learn the facts.
Hey you Yes, you
Love me. No, don't call it love just because you Like what you see when you
Look at me Or love who you think you're Love me, the person I am and
talking to.
Accept who I am. Only then may you
Look
And
my eyes my soul
in
Talk to
truthfully
know
the real me. —Jennifer A ttaway
