Sleeping with the Enemy (A Poem)

Sleeping with the Enemy

Hey young sister girl, why the long face?
Why the look of disdain for someone twice your age?
Have the world out here made you that insecure
That you need to compete even with the “mature“?

Is that why you feel the need to show all your behind?
Don’t you feel you have anything to offer from your mind
Are you afraid to show how smart you can really be?
Will your strength displayed instead make you look weak?

You walked past me today, steady rolling your eyes
But behind your disdain was insecurity disguised.
I’m not your enemy young sister, already been where you are
But I chose not to follow all the other fallen stars

But to rise on my own and to do the smart thing
Not to use my body but instead use my brain
Yet you walk on by me being slightly ashamed
Because you are aware that its only a game

But you’re caught in the high of the attention you get
For all the wrong reasons , knowing it’s not legit
They only want to use you and for reasons unknown
You allow it to happen instead of yelling “hell no!”

Its not like you don’t have the choice to decide
It’s your life to live but the enemy’s deep inside
Self-doubt, jealousy, feelings of being unloved
Absent esteem, peer pressure, fits your psyche like a glove

I pray one day you’ll awake mystery solved
To see you’re God’s creature then you’ll surely evolve
Into a strong sister girl, who can walk with pride
With a smile on her face, and her head held high

And the next time we past each other in life
I won’t be the target of your hatred and strife
But instead be considered a cohort, a friend
Then together we can defeat, the enemy within.

© Trena Jones, Nov 07