'The Girl with an Accent'

My poem 'The Girl With An Accent' is my take on 'Building Against Bullying' for ‪#‎1000Speak‬ Share your stories and spread the word! Let's fill the world with compassion! :)

New friends, new country, time to say goodbye

Hoping for adventures, she didn't cry

Dancing with joy, she left for the new school

'The First Day', wishing it to be cool

Everybody seemed fun, in as she walked

Hell broke loose the minute she talked

All of them smiled, when they saw her first

'Hi, I'm...' as she spoke, into laughter they burst

Alone she sat on the corner most chair

Murmurs all around her, life wasn't fair

'The girl with an accent' became the talk of the town

Being stared at everywhere, she felt like a clown

The last bell rang, she sighed with relief 

Tears pouring down, she lost her belief

She told her mommy, 'I want to go back!'

'What is it baby girl?' as she refused her tea and snack(s)

'I feel like an outcast!' under her breath she muttered

'Calm down honey, it's just the first-day jitters.'

Taking her advice, once more she strived

People mocked her, every day she cried

Three weeks later, she was taken in for depression

She told her story, in the psychiatric session

Her mother was aghast, she made a decision fast

My daughter is broken, but I'll make her strong, 

She has to be brave, she will face the wrong.

'Please take me home, I don't like it here..'

'We'll get you through it, I'll take care.'

'I don't want to go there, nobody likes me..'

'Don't lose faith sweetheart, you are the pearl of the sea.'

'They laugh when I speak, they think I'm a freak..'

'Don't be shy, they know you're different, they know you're unique!' 

'I don't want to be different, I want to be friends!'

'Be proud of who you are love and they'll make amends!'

'Are you sure it'll work, I don't want to cry anymore..'

'Don't be afraid, speak you heart and mind, and let them see you score!'

'I love you mommy, you're my best friend!'

'Love you too baby, for yourself you should stand!'

She accepted she was unique, and owned up her nature

She started to be herself, now the mockery wasn't a torture

The school was in awe, of the girl they now saw

She was bold, she was smart, it was hard to find a flaw

Cherry on the cake- she had a cool accent

With her mother by her side, she enjoyed in the present...!

Author's Note

'We focus so much on our differences, and that is creating, I think, a lot of chaos and negativity and bullying in the world. And I think if everybody focused on what we all have in common - which is - we all want to be happy.'
- Ellen DeGeneres
My poem 'The Girl With An Accent' is my take on 'Building Against Bullying' for ‪#‎1000Speak‬
Share your stories and spread the word! Let's fill the world with compassion! :)

Reviews

[Jamestown]

Wow! Great piece of work! Brought back to my younger years and a new girl
came to our school from India and spoke different and had a very unique name,
kids teased her to the point of tears and eventually she changed
her name. I would always tell her to keep her head held high
and be proud of herself and her birth name, we became friends
and she ended up becoming very well liked but always kept
her new american name, I wonder how Vaboode now Stacy is doing?
Thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[Radhika Maheshwari]

Thank you so much, Jamestown! :) I'm glad my piece could ignite your old memories!
Bullying is a sincere crime and people who are bullied should be helped before they give up. I'm glad you helped Vaboode aka Stacy. :)

[Jamestown]

Me too! And I agree completely, b-blessed!

[Radhika Maheshwari]

That's a noble thought, keep it in you forever.

If you want to read more of my poems and posts, visit my blog- http://radhika-feelingfree.blogspot.com

[Amulya Bhardwaj]

so wonderfully written...
I loved the way it told a story ....
well done!!

[Radhika Maheshwari]

Thanks so much!! :)