"wasted potential"

A burden

useless

wasted potential;

some got the struggles

but they also got the strengths,

they aren’t rendered

incapable

but expectations also flow lightly-

they are children of the stars

and keepers of the Earth,

those who I admire

but thought I aspire

don’t seem to emulate

and then there are those

who never understand

what this perception means

for me,

those who assume

that I am simply being rude,

the ones who contribute to the misunderstanding

because they know no better,

they are rainbows of color and gifts of light to others

but to me, they used to represent the fire of the gates

because I could not understand

why the book never seemed to account for people like me

and then there is me

who burdens the world with my needs

and lacks the compensation necessary

to survive and to figure out my way

around this green and curved maze

so I am lost.