YOU ..... {Are You}

Hello.
Yes, you.
Hello.

Who am I?
That doesn't matter.
I'm just a person.

You don't know me.
You don't know my hair color
Or my eye color.

You don't know my skin color
Or my ethnicity.
You don't know anything about me.

I could have pink hair
And yellow eyes,
But I would still be me.

I might be dark skinned,
Or I could be light skinned,
Or I could be in between.

I could be younger than you
And I could be older.
But that doesn't matter.

Maybe I'm short,
And maybe I'm tall,
Or maybe I'm neither.

I could be American,
Or Asian,
Or maybe Indonesian.

I guess what I'm getting at
Is that it doesn't matter
What a person looks like.

It shouldn't matter their race
Or weight,
Or age.

If I were old
and overweight
I would still be me.

It doesn't matter whether
I'm a boy
Or a girl.

It doesn't matter if I'm straight
Or gay
Or bi.

If you dislike me
For my personality,
That's one thing.

But to hate someone
for their appearance
Isn't right.

So I'm writing this
for all of you outcasts
because someone needs to stand up for you.

Whether you're tall or short,
Small or large,
Young or old.

Dark or light,
Blue or brown-eyed,
Blonde or black-haired.

You are unique,
So don't let anyone else
Tell you otherwise.

Because what are we, really,
If we don't have
Our differences?

I'm different from you
you're different from me,
We're different from each other.

So the next time someone calls you weird or strange,
Remember this poem,
And know that it's not bad to be you.

Because no matter what you may think,
There are people that love you
For who you are, not what you look like.

Because you're amazing,
You're unique,
You are you.