Okay... this little poem was my first, I know its nothing great... but I am proud of it. I wrote it when I was about 13 years old. My friends and I were constantly being hounded because we looked different and just weren't afraid to state our opinions. I reached inspiration from this poem whem my own family told me that my friends were "scum". So anyway, here it is:

SCUM

Being different
Sets us apart from each other,
For being different is a crime
Among the social scale.
Where crime is said to be dangerous,
And dangerous is said to be trouble.
Trouble thus becomes an outcast,
And an outcast is scum.
Yet that being said,
Those who are scum are obviously different,
And looked down upon.
But, from the scum
Comes the being of the norm,
And the norm finds its definition among the scum.

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Again, I know its nothing too great, but I figured, why not post it.

good poem..it still is about standing apart and being who you want to be
I admire you alot already

Hello! It took me like three times of readidng over to understand it yep but in this case it is very cool because you have your own style of writing, dear, please keep posting.[/COLOR][/COLOR]

Hey! First poems to me are like first impressions- and you made a good one. Not just because the actual piece was good, but because of your confidence. I admire that, like Buddha said.

I really liked your poem. It was honest, flat-out, and so rightly critized the social standards of today. I also had to read it over, it was just a bit confusing but I got the message. Really wonderful work and I hope to see more!

Wow... thanks for all the kind words about my little poem.

I'm pretty sure I'll be posting more. Thanks.

cool..post more!!

it's all about sending out the message.. your own feelings.. and showing them to the reader.. no matter the skill of the writer or "brilliance" of the poem.. however i can't wait to see more of your work because you show talent