Be Different | Teen Ink

Be Different

May 27, 2010
By Ashley Tietgen BRONZE, Hartford, Wisconsin
Ashley Tietgen BRONZE, Hartford, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Sitting in a daze
My eyes glaze
Over into a haze

Silence consumes
Like sitting in an empty room
They walk by and assume

Out of the norm
This is my true form
So I’m not clear cut, cozy, and warm

The beat to my drum
Doesn’t fit the normal strum
As I sit here and pop my gum

Why does everyone have to be the same?
Why give people a name?
People aren’t cookies cut from a small metal frame.

Deep down everyone is unique
Some hide their difference and do not speak
What makes you a jock, weird, a geek, or a freak?

Judgments need to end
Then more helping hands will be lend
Make the more different ones, the ones you defend

But a perfect world can never be
Which is a sad reality
At least I can always count on me.



Similar Articles

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 10 comments.


trblue GOLD said...
on Jul. 1 2010 at 5:51 am
trblue GOLD, Richmond, Virginia
14 articles 7 photos 141 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Too often we lose sight of life's simple pleasures. Remember, when someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown. It only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and slap that mother@#?!&* upside the head. "

thay is sick.
i mean

it was good.

you bring life to your work mine is dead, but your really good. keep doing u.


on Jul. 1 2010 at 12:48 am
darkmistress SILVER, Stanwood, Washington
8 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
life is about the future not the past

i understand wht you mean i can relate

on Jun. 30 2010 at 7:46 am
DubiousDamsel BRONZE, Weddington, North Carolina
4 articles 5 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;They can&#039;t scare me if I scare them first.&quot; -- Lady Gaga<br /> <br /> &quot;I&#039;m not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I&#039;ve got.&quot; -- Kurt Cobain

Very nice. I love how you changed up the beat of certain lines; it kept it from becoming monotonous or chant-y. Lovely!

on Jun. 29 2010 at 10:37 pm
arharrison GOLD, Girardville, Pennsylvania
17 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Friendship is love with out his wings!&quot; &quot;never leave the one you love,for the one you like.&quot;

wow,this is the best thing I have read in a while,I loved so many of the lines it has a great point why should we all be the same everyone is different in some way,wonderful job!

on Jun. 29 2010 at 1:09 pm
cphertz08 SILVER, Cypress, California
5 articles 0 photos 4 comments

so true, so true. why should we all be the same? 

you're a great writer!


on Jun. 29 2010 at 9:11 am
haventy0uheard PLATINUM, Kings Park, New York
28 articles 0 photos 186 comments
"People aren’t cookies cut from a small metal frame." i loved that line haha. overall an awesome poem and very relatable. check out my work?im new here:)

on Jun. 29 2010 at 9:09 am
insanewriter23 BRONZE, Winthrop, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live as if you&#039;ll die tomorrow<br /> Dream as if you&#039;ll live forever

i loved this poem and i feel like that all the time! i love the ryhme and the meaning well done!

on Jun. 29 2010 at 8:00 am
DallysGrrl PLATINUM, Middlesex, New Jersey
20 articles 0 photos 199 comments
Check out my work??

on Jun. 29 2010 at 7:59 am
DallysGrrl PLATINUM, Middlesex, New Jersey
20 articles 0 photos 199 comments
Really really awesome rythm in this poem. it's something people could relate to and that's one of the best parts of the poem. really amazing job.

on Jun. 29 2010 at 5:05 am
mwahxandxmwa SILVER, Melbourne, Other
6 articles 0 photos 135 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Silence is golden...duct tape is silver&quot; - a random T-shirt

I like you thought and the way that you have worded you opnion really does make mark. You have amazing flow and rythm.

Most of all i definately agree :D