Tollerance | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Tollerance

Tollerance

March 26, 2014
By crazy4bb SILVER, Wilmington, Delaware
More by this author
crazy4bb SILVER, Wilmington, Delaware
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Aspire to inspire before you expire <3

View profile

Together
Many of us face these
Hurtles
Jumps
Obstacles
Many Pass By
We keep going
Judged
Misunderstood
We will rise
Equal
We are
To everyone
Regardless of my IQ
I am smart
I am successful
I will amount to something
Label me with
Self-Respect
Those who try to define me have no
Education
Intelligence
They lack
Everything
We have

© Simone P., Summerville, SC

The author's comments:
Read the piece from top to bottom and then from bottom to top. This piece was inspired by a very good friend of mine who I hold very close to my heart. The lack of tolerance and respect my friend receives from others just because he has an intellectual disability is appalling. Everyone is equal regardless of IQ or physical ability.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
A Sestina; Prudence, Innocence, and Corruption
By Jordan Taylor BRONZE
Cincinnati, Ohio
Jordan Taylor BRONZE, Cincinnati, Ohio
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Bluer Skies
By Jeremy Patesel BRONZE
Ventura, California
Jeremy Patesel BRONZE, Ventura, California
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Headaches & Heartaches
By Anonymous
Poetry
mixed fruit.
By jellyinthesky PLATINUM
Renton, Washington
jellyinthesky PLATINUM, Renton, Washington
26 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
"wow, you have a shit-ton of cheese."

View profile
Poetry
Waiting
By Kathryn Mahan PLATINUM
Fredonia, Kansas
Kathryn Mahan PLATINUM, Fredonia, Kansas
43 articles 53 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Friends/Summer Love
By Anonymous

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.