Okay

Okay

A Poem by Jen_ma_cat

Are you okay?
Why are these words
So hard to ask
Without a backlash of questioning

I don't always ask because
I think you aren't 

I ask because I don't know
What okay looks like on you
When you won't answer my question

Are you okay?
Why do you turn these words,
Into insults?
Their not.

Are you okay?
If I ask you this
And you get offended
Are you okay?
Or not?

I don't know
What okay looks like
So isn't it better to ask?
Then not at all

Maybe if we said 
Are you okay?
To each other more
We would be able to identify the
Not okay ones better 

If we asked
Maybe the not okay ones
Could become okay
And we wouldn't have to 
Worry
About people not being okay

But when did not being okay
Become a bad thing?
Being not okay is
Okay

Are you okay?

© 2016 Jen_ma_cat


Author's Note

Jen_ma_cat
When you think about it 'okay' is a pretty funny looking word. No? At least to me it is.

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Added on June 17, 2016
Last Updated on June 17, 2016
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Jen_ma_cat
Jen_ma_cat

Northampton, MA



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Well I guess I'm a junior now. Am I ready? Ha, no. I don't post often, only when I feel inspired. I'm 16 years old and I might be the only 16 year old on the planet who wishes they weren't. I like art.. more..

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