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Give him a chance

March 14, 2010
By JohnDeereGirl DIAMOND, Westerlo, New York
JohnDeereGirl DIAMOND, Westerlo, New York
61 articles 36 photos 216 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I'm not"
"Somewhere betweeen us talking, you saying I deserve better, and you making me laugh when I wanted to cry, I fell in love with you."


I never thought I’d fall in love with him
Parents didn’t approve of him
He wasn’t looked at with respect
He was a skater
Everything about him was skater
The clothes, the hair, the attitude
He was a trouble maker
There was no doubt
Good grades?
Ha
Treated adults with respect?
No way
He did things his way
Only his way
Why would I fall in love with him
There are tons of boys
With a better reputation
But no I have to fall in love with
Him
My friends rolled their eyes and
Told me to stay away from him
But I couldn’t
Something told me
To give him a chance
To not pay attention
To the whispers when I was with him
The dirty comments people would make
All the judgments
And I found out that
Under that skater
Was years of
Rejection and pain
His mom left
His dad almost died
And inside that skater
Was a scared, hurt, child
So please if you know someone
Who needs a chance
Give them one



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on Aug. 7 2010 at 12:21 pm
JohnDeereGirl DIAMOND, Westerlo, New York
61 articles 36 photos 216 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I'm not"
"Somewhere betweeen us talking, you saying I deserve better, and you making me laugh when I wanted to cry, I fell in love with you."

Thank you so much!

on Aug. 7 2010 at 2:03 am
DannyKid33 PLATINUM, Pleasant Hill, California
34 articles 2 photos 81 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't ever let the media tell you what to look like. You're beautiful the way you are. Stay beautiful, keep it ugly." - Gerard Way.

i absolutely loved this poem. you are so brave to stand up like that, and the almost same situation happend to me. some people are just misunderstood. youre writing was amazing and i really loved this poem keep it up!! :)