Question Mark

[poetry_zealot]

Question Mark


Am I free?

Was I ever truly me?

Am I still

the person I wanted to kill?

My skin isn’t right,

every day is a fight

to find myself and understand

who I am and for what to stand

the struggle magnified by my elders who

force upon me what is and isn't true

but I am no sheep, I question

Unwilling to conceal or bend per every suggestion

I am a question mark, a squiggle and a dot

in a world which never gives a second thought

This is an interesting poem concept. However, I think that in a bid to force the rhymes, the flow of the piece falters a little. An example would be in "the struggle magnified by my elders who". This line has a very abrupt end point which is used to rhyme with the line below. It feels forced/artificial and I think this would be better if you reorganized the lines to end naturally instead (ignoring the rhymes).