The Inside, Outside, & Inbetween

 Her white cotton dress flows loosely in the wind
As her opposites call her horribly ugly names
Her thin pink lips stay tight and shut
She'd rather stay quiet than point out blame

 

 The straight and narrow path she chooses to walk
All the while they try to pressure her into changing
To walk on the dark side where the bright light doesn't shine
But her innocence she insists on maintaining

 

She refuses to let her mind be warped by their taunts
Although she still doesn't allow herself to judge them
Her view on the world has always been a little different
They think it's a mess; she believes it's a gem

 

She makes the most out of everyday on earth
Where you see trash, she sees a great treasure
A smile seems to be forever on her porcelain face
All of the simple things in life bring her pleasure

 

Atleast that's what everyone seems to think
But in reality she is sick of the facade
She doesn't want to be seen as delicate and weak
She wants to cross through the fire and take up the blade

 

She wants to shout and be heard like the Outsiders
To rip off the white dress and dawn all black
Sick of keeping her mouth shut alongside the Insiders
She wants to join the rebels and never look back

 

Into the darkness she would step into bravely
The brilliant white light of the Inside fading away
The Outsiders would cheer as she let down her hair
Free as a bird and ready to play

 

So that's just want the little Insider did
Her mother cried and her father disapproved
She didn't care because she felt she belonged
But she'd change her mind oh so very soon

 

The free feeling escaped her in a few mere weeks
Even after she crossed over they still called her names
Over and over all through out the days
For she was too weak to keep up with their violent games

 

So one day she decided that she wanted to go home
She slipped on her white dress and pulled her hair into a bun
She knocked on the door of the headquarters of Inside
But they ran her off and said with her they were done

 

"Contaminated from the Outside," they said she was
She fell to her knees and begged for one more chance
But they wouldn't give in and insisted that she leave
So she slumped away and looked over her shoulder for one more glance

 

Now she is banished to live in the Inbetween
Where the poor, cruel, and indesicive live
Floors of dirt and walls smeared with grime
She only gets to eat when the officials are willing to give

 

So every night when she lays on her cot
She dreams of what her life could have been
If only she had been satisfied with what she had
And realized the line she crossed had been very thin

 

Reviews

[Admiral Kirk]

Wow, this is really beautiful... it tells a sad tale in between fantastic use of vocabulary and vague and subtle to obvious and solid end rhymes... Okay, so that sentence probably made no sense, but it was complements... Cool poem! :D

[Lydia]

I actually posted a story called Emerald that I got the idea after writing this poem. If you liked this, you might like that.

[Admiral Kirk]

Oh, that's cool! I'll have to read that... As soon as I can. :P

[Kes]

Wonderful work - as always. :)
Keep it up!
K

[Lost in Wonderland]

Wow truly a beautiful and meaningful write! In my church, the kids are actually learning about contentment which is what the girl didn't seem to have. Very well done!
God Bless
~Mickey

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

fantastic write!

[afra]

excellent ....good job

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If only............the words that torment a soul. I found this poem so sad, oozes empathy, great write xxxx

[Krista Weiss]

Really good poem!! :)

[Anonymous Girl]

Fabulous. A well constructed poem. And a good use of vocabulary :)