Some Say They Are...

Some say they are indie

Some say they are all rock

Some say they are hippie

Some say they are punk

 

What I want to know

Is why do they have to be classified

Why do they want to beput in a group

Just so they can be stereotyped

 

Why do they have to be

One way or a complete other

Can't they just be who they are

Without being judged for it

 

You ask

Who I am

I am who I am

I'm just me

Author's Note

I have just been kind getting irratated with people being oh I am such a rocker punk or I am such a hippie person, I am not talking about just one person but lately I have been hearing it a lot from a lot of people and the next thing you know is that they changed their minds. One second they are one thing and the next they are something completely different!

Reviews

[Scott Free]

This is a good poem with a nice flow and impeccable meter.
Unfortunately, all these things can be there and still the poem can miss the point.
In my opinion, you aren't digging deep enough, addressing the real question. I mean, it's one thing when someone says they're hippie or indie, punker, rocker, but it's another thing when other people paste that stereotype on them. I think this poem should be more about the real problem--which is stereotypes being placed on people who don't want/deserve them.
Otherwise, and I don't want to insult you, Rosie, but otherwise it just kinda sounds like a girl complaining.
So--I think you are a master of the prose and flow, but I wasn't impressed with this piece of writing. I think you need to work with it, grab on to your Muse and make her give you some real inspiration.
Hope this helps you.
Good luck!

~S

[deeps]

You ask
Who I am
I am who I am
I'm just me

I say this all the time to people,
This is a wonderful write here.

[sisyqueen2008]

i know. It's kinda like a my school where people try to be skaters, goths, and everything else excepct who they really are. Some of them just do it 'cause they think it's cool while the ones who really are just get fed up! I like what you trying to show that is happening to people. :)

[Legion]

Because they want to be individuals in their own clicks, but what they don't realize is that they aren't. They are just like everyone else within that click. If they truly want to be individuals, try hanging out with the same people they hang out with without doing the same thing those people do. Good point.

[Adeline]

hmm, I will ask u about this later cause I have a feeling it's about me for some reason. I am who I am, rosie, just like ur poem says. and if that includes changing sometimes, then so be it.