Where I Stand | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Where I Stand

Where I Stand

January 11, 2013
By Batsby GOLD, Henderson, Nevada
More by this author
Batsby GOLD, Henderson, Nevada
17 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be what you would seem to be -- or, if you'd like it put more simply -- Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared.

View profile

I weave in and out
Of desperation
Of hope
Of cleverly designed facades
I keep my head down
Trying to block out
Snippets of mindless conversation
Trying to block out
The fact that I don't belong
The fact that no one belongs
I console myself with the fact
That at least I know up from down
Wrong from right
I'm willing to admit
That I know I'm alone
But I'm also willing to admit
I'm not the only one
And in these hallways,
Although I'm a lone wolf
At least I k now where I stand.

© Kyle W., Pompton Plains, NJ

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Pretentious
By Kimora Braithwaite
Indian Trail, NC
Poetry
Perfectly
By Christina Rudolph BRONZE
Lilburn, Georgia
Christina Rudolph BRONZE, Lilburn, Georgia
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
The Voice
By BreLee SILVER
Sula, Montana
BreLee SILVER, Sula, Montana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Lost now found
By BarrelRacer GOLD
Huber Heights, Ohio
BarrelRacer GOLD, Huber Heights, Ohio
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Bring The Challenge or Eat My Dust.

View profile
Poetry
leap
By carreyelaine GOLD
Arlington, Tennessee
carreyelaine GOLD, Arlington, Tennessee
12 articles 4 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
where did you go
By brittany curths SILVER
Hubbard, Oregon
brittany curths SILVER, Hubbard, Oregon
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.