I don’t use words like enthralling or beguiling
I actually looked them up to spell them.
I’m not that creative.
Never drew a flawless picture, or never painted.
Insignificant is what they call me.
Nothing to offer or look at.
They just past me by like a thousand people
on Broadway.
If my body isn’t turning heads or my words aren’t intriguing,
they call me insignificant.
What can I do to be noticed?
What can I do to be significant?
As the “significant” crowd ran through me, one by one
they cried out, “BEAUTY. EDUCATION. HOW BOUT ALIL SWAG.
ENTERTAINMENT. MONEY. COOLNESS. YEA, GO TO A RAVE. GET HIGH, AND FEEL
GOOD *INHALE-EXHALE*. SEX. HOW BOUT YOU GET A MAN SWEETY. RUN A
BUSINESS!”
I’m looking back, and forth, then side to side,
to see which one I’ll pick, so I won’t be
lonely, helpless, hopeless, or insignificant anymore.
Then someone WALKED besides me, and tells me….
“Significant you are and significant you’ll always be.
You believe no one sees you, but even in utter darkness
I see you, and I’m actually right there beside you,
Now go, and follow your dreams, and tell the world
that you are significant because you belong to me.”