Look At Me

A Poem by Jenni Bailey

Hi, I’m Jenni

”Jennifer” to one too many

As a child

Yes, I was once, mild

 

But, that all changed

Daddy and I…estranged

Siblings and I…emotionally separated

Stepmother is hated

 

Now, look at me…

 

I’m not normal

Nothing about me is formal

I hardly take life serious

But the simple things leave me curious

 

I’m a daughter

Without a father

I have sinned

I no longer feel Him in the wind

 

I feel like a sin

Neither good nor evil wins

I find comfort in rainy days

I seek shelter from rays

 

I’m weird

I’m feared

I’m embraced

I’m replaced

 

I feel less than

I do my 100 percent

My worth?

Less than my birth