My Names

Free Verse in the form of a few lists :)

My real name I most likely shouldn't even bother sharing.

No one calls me that anyway.

I have a bunch of names, a lot for each group of people in my life.

Here, I'll list off a few

First, there's the names I have at school.

Ugly

Freak

Fat

Unloved

Lesbian

Why are you alive?

Then, the names of family... at home.

Mistake

Too quiet

No friends

Too outgoing

Why did we give birth to you?

Next, there's the names I get with my friends.

Outgoing

Psychopath

Assaulting

Insane

Plenty smart 

Why do you look so down? 

I'm fine... I'm okay... Nothing's wrong with me...

Then, there's here.

My favorite song.

Three of my favorite letters

With an underscore in between.

My real name?

It doesn't matter.

No one calls me that anyway.

So why even bother living with it?