They say I shouldn't care,
Emotions aren't for my age.
Am old enough, they claim,
I should take it all,
The ridicule, the scold,
The insults from my grandmother,
From my auntie, my uncle,
Like a grown-up,
Like a stone.

They say I should think rationally,
What the hell do they mean?
When words cut deep,
And wounds don’t heal,
How am I to stay calm,
When they themselves can't?

They get offended,
When someone talks back,
Isn't that emotion?...