Before You Judge Me

A poem about unfortunate first impression

Before you judge my hair
Ask me how bad it was when illness made me lose it all

Before you judge my sense of style
Ask me how well hand me downs matched when I was a child

Before you judge my distaste for labels
Ask me about the ones I unfairly wore

Before you judge my gender choices
Ask me about a family that only cared for boys

Before you judge my sexual deviance
Ask me about my childhood rape

Before you judge my abandonment issues
Ask me why my mother left

Before you judge my urgency for perfection
Ask me about being told I was never good enough

Before you judge me
Walk a mile in my shoes.

EB2010

Reviews

[Blunt--Instrument]

I like this entry, it says so much ..

[megalOmaniac]

sad.and beautiful.i know what its like being judged by people who dont know a thing about u.perfectly conveyed.