Prejudice.

On the train today, I spotted a funny looking girl. All in pink with a short skirt, pink bag and pink iphone cover. Yet she was so muscular, like those tennis players, just short of a body builder.

1st judgement, why would such a sporty looking person like the girly pink so much?

And there I looked at her neck and very obviously, there's an Adam's apple. Girl in pink is a dude.

I'm pretty liberal, but 2nd judgement was OH. MY. GOD. what a revelation!

I'm not anti-homo/transvestitism/'deviance' but I can't help my initial reaction. Perhaps I'm socially educated that way. It's not that I discriminate, but 'deviant' people have to realise that they can be accepted just maybe not right away.

Understand that I do.

There are a few things I wished I could have told you. But I was 14 and you may not have listened. So these are important, I won't hesitate to tell it anymore. I hope they listen and understand. Understand, that I understand.

1. It's okay to be different.
2. Everyone hates themselves once in a while.
3. Maybe even all the time.
4. There is a bright side to things.
5. Put the past away.
6. Everyone judges, but there are people who can see past their own judgements.
7. I understand.

I wished you had stepped back from that ledge my friend.

Va-caycaycay-tion

Basically I want to go on a holiday

to a place with pretty night lights

Where we'll wear flowery autumn clothes,

bitch about the chilly wind,

and eat ice cream through it.

We'll take long afternoon walks,

revel in the sun.

Waste time taking photos of the grass.

wandering in our painful shoes.

We'll wear cardigans and scarfs,

sunglasses and make up.

While we pretend to understand

the avant-garde art.