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Heroes

September 14, 2017 by szachik@pvs.org 2 Comments

By Makena Behnke

those whose hair covers their eyes

those who decorate their bodies with ink from a needle or rings pierced into their skin

those whose hair is the color of the rainbow

those who are the rainbow

they don’t judge you as you anticipate, but you judge them as they mind their business

you judge them by their music or their favorite color

not as who they are but by the color of their fingernails

or what gender wears the makeup, or how much they apply and where it is applied

but little do you know the music you call “crap” and “stupid” is the music that helped them

those “idiots” that scream into the microphone are their heroes

and the way you judge is the reason why we need these heroes

Editor: Claire Jenkins

Filed Under: Poetry

Comments

  1. Mr. Griffin says

    September 15, 2017 at 12:34 pm

    “and the way you judge is the reason why we need these heroes”

    wise words

    Reply
  2. Holden Hartle says

    September 21, 2017 at 5:10 am

    This is high-key amazing. Really powerful

    Reply

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