Powerpoints

College-drama-pain

Presentations 

On

Topic of our choice

Sat through 

Power-points

And posters depicting 

Issues with 

Vaccinating, 

Debt, 

Four on the negative 

Effects of 

Technology, 

One on 

The ramifications of 

ADHD

At least four

On eating disorders

And body image, 

At least three more on 

Mental Illness, 

There were 

Three on addiction, 

Another on

Trauma therapy...

And I'm glad I sat in the front 

For I felt everyone's eyes on me

And I'm glad that I made it through 

My panic attack only occurring 

Internally, 

And I'm glad I found peace

In the air thick with 

Shame and worlds of pain 

All slithering from 

My memory...

And I'm glad I was able to 

Muster the maturity 

To calculate 

That I'm more real than a statistic

More beautiful than a piece of poetry...

They can 

Research all of my sicknesses

As their topic of interest

But they cannot capture me

And all of my struggle

And all of my battles

My soul, 

In a power-point

In a bibliography, 

And I also 

Was able to 

Take a moment

See that

It's not all about 

Me, 

Their topic

Was something 

They felt 

Connected to

For some reason 

Or another, 

And I shouldn't be

So quick to judge, 

What do I know?

For they no doubt 

Don't know everything

About me.