The High School Years: Poems from an Average American Teenager

"Why Don't You Like Me?"

If a rose has thorns,

Why do you like it?

If a tree has rough bark,

Why do you like it?

If I have dark skin

And one small zit,

Why don't you like me?

If a rapper is a murderer,

Why do you like him?

If rock stars does drugs,

Why do you like them?

If I don't drink

'Cause I decided to think

Why don't you like me?

If he is tall and very attractive

But personality wise, extremely repulsive

Why do you like him?

If she is thin and has fair skin

But is a bitch in the end

Why do you like her?

If I am short and not that handsome

But I respect women and praise them in anthem

Why don't you like me?

If she is descent and okay in looks

And is nice and sincere,

And likes to read books,

If I would work hard

To please my girl

And she would do her best

To be the Queen of your world

While he does nothing

But makes you feel worthless

And she does everything

To lose your trustworthiness

Why don't you like me?

If on Valentines Day

You are a receiver

Who never seems to receive,

And I am a giver

With no one to give to

Why don't you like me?

Before there is a rose,

There is a thorny bush.

Before there is a cake,

There is a bowl of mush.

Before there is a swan,

There is an ugly duckling.

Before there is an oak,

There is a weak, weak sapling.

Most people believe that the good comes with the bad

But the truth is that sometimes good things start off as bad

Now what's the difference between a red rose and me

One question is simple, why don't you like me?

October 20, 2004