rejection.
you know,
i used to love attention
i would get mad
when i couldn’t get it
but now, living here,
it’s like all i get is attention
stares from random people
everywhere i go
& not friendly stares either
the “i wanna kill you” stare
but i can’t tell
if they’re just mirroring me
if they sense my frustration of being stared at
and they want to feed that frustration
or if they’re merely just curious
i didn’t leave the house for almost two weeks
because the stares
are like a form
of rejection
rejection everywhere
i’m not good enough
for my job
i don’t do things right
not good enough
to even be in this country
or is that all in my head?