I Was Made This Way For A Purpose
By Jennifer Thomas
I was not made this way
For your pleasure,
To be the humor
Of your joke.
I don't know about you,
But personally,
I don't like to be provoked.
I was not made this way
To be taken advantage of,
To be run over or mistreated.
I don't require your distasteful spirit,
So keep it!
I was not made this way
To be mocked,
To serve as your entertainment for the day.
I didn't ask for this type of treatment
From you anyway.
I was not made this way
To be hindered,
To be held back in this world.
Why is it that you don't recognize?
I have a purpose to serve!
I was made this way
To be a light,
For the whole wide world to see
That you don't have to have
What everyone else has
To be all that you can be.
I was made this way
To be an example,
So that the world will know.
Even though I'm not what
You think I ought to be,
I am someone great.
My Creator says so!
I was made this way
To be a leader,
So that the world can follow behind.
Though I am made slightly different,
It doesn't mean
That I don't have a great mind.
I was made this way
For a reason,
For the world to believe.
Even though I don't have
The physical tools,
I am who I am,
And I can still achieve.
I was made this way
To give understanding,
So that the world would comprehend.
I don't need you to feel sorry
Or to suck up as a friend.
I was made this way
To be of some assistance,
So that the whole world will see.
There is nothing wrong
With being different,
And there is nothing wrong with me.
I was made this way
For a purpose,
So that the world can see through me.
Even though
I'm not just like you ,
I am somebody.
I was made this way
To be an inspiration,
In hopes that the world
Will continue to strive.
Even though I don't have
What you think I need,
It doesn't mean that I won't survive.
I was made this way
For a reason.
The world may not know why.
I am unique in my own right,
So learn not to look
Using your physical eye.
Maybe then will you understand
That I was made this way
For a purpose,
And that is the reason why!
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My name is Jennifer Thomas, and I am 20 years old. I am a junior at Alabama State University, majoring in Elementary Education. I am currently employed with Children's Rehabilitation Service in Montgomery, Alabama as the Youth Consultant. In addition to writing poetry, I enjoy working with children. When writing a play, I wrote this poem as a monologue for one of the characters to recite. This poem empowers me; it makes me feel good about myself and reminds me that my disability doesn't make me a loser or an inferior being, but it makes me unique and conscience of how God will take a situation that seems bad and turn around and use it for good.
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By Jennifer Thomas
I was not made this way
For your pleasure,
To be the humor
Of your joke.
I don't know about you,
But personally,
I don't like to be provoked.
I was not made this way
To be taken advantage of,
To be run over or mistreated.
I don't require your distasteful spirit,
So keep it!
I was not made this way
To be mocked,
To serve as your entertainment for the day.
I didn't ask for this type of treatment
From you anyway.
I was not made this way
To be hindered,
To be held back in this world.
Why is it that you don't recognize?
I have a purpose to serve!
I was made this way
To be a light,
For the whole wide world to see
That you don't have to have
What everyone else has
To be all that you can be.
I was made this way
To be an example,
So that the world will know.
Even though I'm not what
You think I ought to be,
I am someone great.
My Creator says so!
I was made this way
To be a leader,
So that the world can follow behind.
Though I am made slightly different,
It doesn't mean
That I don't have a great mind.
I was made this way
For a reason,
For the world to believe.
Even though I don't have
The physical tools,
I am who I am,
And I can still achieve.
I was made this way
To give understanding,
So that the world would comprehend.
I don't need you to feel sorry
Or to suck up as a friend.
I was made this way
To be of some assistance,
So that the whole world will see.
There is nothing wrong
With being different,
And there is nothing wrong with me.
I was made this way
For a purpose,
So that the world can see through me.
Even though
I'm not just like you ,
I am somebody.
I was made this way
To be an inspiration,
In hopes that the world
Will continue to strive.
Even though I don't have
What you think I need,
It doesn't mean that I won't survive.
I was made this way
For a reason.
The world may not know why.
I am unique in my own right,
So learn not to look
Using your physical eye.
Maybe then will you understand
That I was made this way
For a purpose,
And that is the reason why!
*****************
My name is Jennifer Thomas, and I am 20 years old. I am a junior at Alabama State University, majoring in Elementary Education. I am currently employed with Children's Rehabilitation Service in Montgomery, Alabama as the Youth Consultant. In addition to writing poetry, I enjoy working with children. When writing a play, I wrote this poem as a monologue for one of the characters to recite. This poem empowers me; it makes me feel good about myself and reminds me that my disability doesn't make me a loser or an inferior being, but it makes me unique and conscience of how God will take a situation that seems bad and turn around and use it for good.
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