That kid By Tia Portrum

“How do you go on everyday

Knowing what you did

Manipulation, Persuasion

Even though I was a kid

you made me feel angry you made me feel hurt

you didn’t even care

and you treated me like dirt

now because of what you did I will never forget

I will view the world differently because I was that kid

nearly a years gone by and today’s another day

to speak and reach out and say what I have to say

Im not the girl I used to be I’m much smarter and stronger

I was once set out to believe that I couldn’t take it any longer

I feel sorry for you for who you are today

I hope you learn and change all in a better way

this is not the end it is only the beginning 

life is a game and I can tell that I am winning”

I own this poem, I created it.

Put Yourself in their shoes

Why are people continuously talking down on others and just assuming the worst of them before they even get to know them. In my opinion you should never judge anyone until you know their story and you know what they have been through, I’m not going to lie I’m not a saint and I do talk about people at times but that doesn’t make it right now does it? Even if they did something to you still shouldn’t talk down on them because they could be doing it to be cool or I don’t know maybe just to cover up the hurt that they are currently holding inside of them. I used to do the same thing and even do sometimes now I would try to find some things wrong with other people just so I feel better about myself because I had a lot of insecurities now don’t get me wrong I still have some now but I would find some things wrong with other people that isn’t wrong with me and say “Well at least I’m not in their position” Even if I wasn’t being hateful does that make it right? no it doesn’t. Try to put yourselves in the other persons shoe until you really know whats going on with them until you try to judge them

When people say "Acting Black" Or "Acting White"

I think it’s so sad that people are always saying that another person is acting “black” or “white” just because of how they act. It is completely impossible for a person to act black or white, you can’t act like a color that’s just an ignorant statement. People act differently based from a couple of reasons 1) How their parents brought them up 2) The kind of neighborhood they grew up in. So yeah you can be white and have grown up in a “hood” neighborhood and act hood just because that’s what you grew up around. I’m not trying to sound like a hypocrite because I used to think the same things that a person could act black or white but I think that’s just because those are some of the things that my friends were saying. But basically people who think people can act like a color just sound stupid because you can base how you were brought up because of how you act off of race.

Insecurities

Insecurities, we all have them, even the most confident people in the world may have insecurities. Me personally I am very insecure in many ways, even though people don’t know why I have these insecurities but I do. Being insecure builds up from many years of being teased because you didn’t fit in at the time or sometimes your clothes didn’t match or even maybe you weren’t the smallest kid in the class. I was talked about my appearance and even now I still am a little but now I don’t let it get to me. When people talk about you and tease you for so long you get this mind set that “Maybe they’re right” and you start to believe what they say about you. That’s where insecurities build up from or at least thats where mine originated. People always say “Well why don’t you just stop being insecure” and I just laugh and say “It’s not that easy” once you’re insecure you can’t just up and stop being insecure it takes time to heal from the hurt that you have experienced and it takes time to believe that you as a person inside and out are beautiful. That’s why I don’t tease people because how would I feel if they were just as insecure as I am.