I’ve Made So Many People Mad At Me

I’ve made so many people mad at me

because I don’t want to find something

so proper and unkempt for a job.

Am I too stubborn to be a girl?

I’ve made plans to write my whole life

and I’m happy just writing out

my feelings out on paper.

They thought that I’d be the girl

for a 9 to 5 but that’s not me.

I’ve made so many people mad at me

because I can write poetry and prose

without having to think about

what it is I’m writing from.

I’ve written myself an elegy

that could be read when I’m gone.

But I don’t want to leave this place

without changing the world

and what society thinks of her.

Am I immature to think that I am not

the woman who could start a change?

I’ve made so many people mad at me.

I can’t be the infamous woman

who wrote about her life

and everything in it that made sense.

I’m always thinking what I can love.

I’m not thinking about the things

other people want from me.

Selfish bitch: I don’t think so.

What am I doing wrong

to get people mad at what I do?

I’ve made so many people mad at me.

Why should it stop when I’m already

at the top of my game?