That look
In your eyes
The tightening of
Your lips
Makes me sweat

I feel dirty

You judge so quickly
Without knowing
What it is about me
You find worth judging

I feel misunderstood

How can you possibly know
What is roiling
Beneath my surface
When I don’t even know myself

I feel angry

I have a story
Worth telling
As do you
Give me
The benefit of the doubt

I feel desperate

Seek to
Build a bridge
Of humanity
And look beyond that
Which is seen

And I will try too