Reading Between the Lines {A Poem}

There’s more to me than what meets your critical eyes

There’s more to me than the picture in your sheltered mind

There’s so much more than the stereotype you invented

There’s more than that rumor that’s been cemented.

If only you’d learn to read between the lines.

Only then can you read this story that’s so intertwined

Only then will you understand why I’m this way

Only then will you know why I don’t want to stay

Only then will you stop judging me by the things I see

And all the books I love to read

Only then will you know me for the life I lead.