.I Am Weird.

I Am Weird

By: Marie Castiano

.They say I am weird because,

I tend to speak my mind of things,

that seem only important to me.

I say them without pause because

I am not afraid to speak

and I say them clearly

so all could hear, that naturally,

I have no man made fears.

.They say I am weird because,

I go against the flow, but I don't want any attention,

I don't do it so they can look at me,

did I forget to mention?

I simply just don't want to be

a part of you zombie convention.

I go my own way because

I don't want to fall into your dimension.

.They say I am weird because

of my abstract thoughts,

because i refuse to think the same,

because of what they thought

was so rad and cool

I thought to be lame.

Because I didn't choose their path of destruction

I was put to shame.

But I laughed at their idiotic remarks just the same.

.And I told them, you can't shut me up,

You can't judge me for what i do

or for what i'm not.

You can't force me to think

the way you want me to,

you can't make me believe

that I don't see you all as fools.

.And to this they said,

you're such a weirdo, creep-o,

non-understandable, unbelievable,

under achieved student of some unknown school,

wat the hell makes you think you're so cool?

.And I said screaming

so the un-attentive crowd could hear me:

.If weird is to be unique,

is to be spiritual, musical, intelligent,

capable of having my own opinion

and having the strength and will to express it,

to go against the incoherent rhythms

that you all seem to follow,

because i dance in the middle of the street

when you hear no music,

but in my head there is a beat,

because i hear trumpets and drums

and i dance to them all,

and you choose to talk between the sessions

and i sing to them all

,and i wear whatever i wanna wear

depending on my mood,

and i dont care if, my hair, is

braided, straightened, permed, relaxed

or i just let my natural locks curl below me

till they reach the end of the block,

and you paint the mona lisa,

and i splatter, spray and sharpie

with every single color and then some.

.If being weird means not being you or anyone else,

then i am distinguishably, un-labeled,

un-categorized, un-spoiled,

the weirdest person on the face of the planet!!!!

.I walked away

but i honestly considered walking back to say:

"If i was to be anything,

but what i said i am, then i'll admit I.AM.WEIRD.

By: Marie Castiano