A coffee shop judgement

[up all night]

And the girl she laughs with her nails so long
at the one in the corner with the cigarette smile
'Look at her,'
she says
'Look at her with her emo eyes
With her half chewed nails
With her unbrushed hair
And tell me she understands.'

And the girl in the corner with the eyes so black
laughs at the one with the nails so red
'Look at her'
she says
'Look at her with her heart so cold
and her feet so sore
and her hands so strong.
Don't tell me she understands.'

And all the while the coffee shop shudders
with misunderstanding and offensive judgement
while two voices silently scream
the daily mantra of validation
in their desperate struggle to prove
they're being pushed in the right direction.
I am right. I am right. I am.

Well
Maybe they're all right
Or
Maybe they just need to sleep tonight.

 

[punktuality]

clever...
i love "people watching" in public places, its amazing the personalities and stories you can unravel just by watching people.

 

[neverwas]

its funny the different things we pick up about people just from perceptions made by what we can see

...but it can make some interesting stories

 

[cherub]

Great work girl, definately clever work with your words I think this is one of your best

 

[beanpoophead]

really good work!

i like how it tells a story beneath the words

 

[Dastrix Slogan]

Nice perspective!

 

[katmeow]

Funny, we all make those (mis)judgements without really knowing anything about the person bar what we see.

Great work as usual yarn

 

[Frosty da snowman]

Smooth.

 

[Cosmic Mist]

Couldn't have said it better myself...

 

[Siany]

Really good work! Making judgements is something we all do.

 

[E-girl]

i love you and your coffee shop poems

well done.