"Emo"

"Emo" you call me
Because you need a word for all the ways
In which I am different from you
For all the things you hate me for
The ways I don't belong
In your vague and flawed perception of who I should be
You completely fail to see the person I really am
Your assumptions have no basis in actual reality
And your words are hollow having no significance
I am the only person I know how to be
And I won't pretend for you any longer
I will never be like you so the pointless charade continues
"Idiot" I call you
Because I need a word for all the ways
In which you are ignorant and vicious
For all the things that disgust me about you
How I resent the fear in your eyes
Dislike having the entirity of who I am defined
By a single word steeped in such condescension
You will never change me
Not with all your hatred and violence
It is a meaningless and pathetic attempt
You're not worth the waste of my energy and emotions
But I pity those like you
No one this heartless could have ever known
What it is to truly love