Poem2024-07-25T09:32:52+00:00

PEOPLE SAY

By: Rebeca Acosta

PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THIS AND THAT.
THEY ASK WHY I'M WITH HIM?
THEY ASK WHY DO I LIKE HIM?
THEY SAY, HE IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU;
HE LIKES TO GO PARTYING AND YOU DON'T.
I ALWAYS TELL THEM I LOVE HIM
AND I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH HIM NO MATTER WHAT.

PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO TALK WITHOUT
CARING ABOUT MY FEELINGS. THEY DON'T KNOW
THAT IF SOMEONE LOVES YOU THEY CAN CHANGE
THE WAY THEY ARE. JUST HOW MY BOYFRIEND DID.
HE IS NOT ALWAYS WITH HIS FRIENDS. THE DAYS
HE WOULD SPEND WITH HIS FRIENDS HE NOW SPENDS
WITH ME. HE TELLS ME HE LOVES ME
JUST THE WAY I LOVE HIM.

HE IS NOT THAT GUY WHO WOULD MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE
OR WOULD GO OUT AND PARTY.
HE'S A ROMANTIC SWEET AND SPECIAL GUY THAT I FELL IN LOVE WITH.
PEOPLE SAY HE WILL NEVER LOVE ME.
AND NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING MARRIED
THEY SAY, WHY? HE HASN'T CHANGED AND HE WILL NEVER
CHANGE FOR YOU. BUT I KNOW ONE THING: HE LOVES ME
AND HE DID CHANGE.

I ASK MYSELF WHY DO PEOPLE TALK
IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I SEE AND HEAR. WHY?
I LOVE HIM AND THAT'S ALL I KNOW. PEOPLE NEED TO STOP
TALKING ABOUT OTHERS. YOU CAN NEVER KNOW WHAT CAN
HAPPEN WITH OTHERS. PEOPLE DO CHANGE. PEOPLE CAN FALL
IN LOVE.


DEDICATED TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HATE