We are More

This poem is for the lied-to  

For the people who were told they couldn't do it

For the ones who did it anyway

For the ones who were told they’d

Never

Be

Enough

But were so much more

This poem is for the weighed-down

The ones who have lost faith

The ones who can believe

Everything they hear

No

Matter

What

Don’t you ever believe them

Some of you won’t listen to me

Because I’m young

Because I’m not a world-renowned poet

Because I simply cannot

Know

Anything

At all

I know enough

I remember the seventh grade

I was young and unstable

We had moved a couple years ago

And I couldn't get over it

Self-esteem

Was

Gone

All gone, nothing left

I had gone to the doctor

A simple sports physical

She said something was wrong with me

Because I was short

Turners

Syndrome

She said

I do not have Turners Syndrome

She said I would never grow

She said without chemical injections

I would grow to be 4-10

Nothing more

I

Am

5 foot

So there

I hope she’s happy now

I hope that doctor knows

Just how much it hurt

To be twelve years old

But

Not

Enough

I hope she’s pleased

I hope she knows

Just how many times

I cried myself to sleep

Thinking I’d never be enough

I

Was

Plenty

So there

This poem is for the lied-to  

For the people who were told they couldn't do it

For the ones who did it anyway

For the ones who were told they’d

Never

Be

Enough

But were so much more

We are the over-comers

We are the dreamers

We are the doers

We are beyond enough

We

Are

More

We will always be more