by Sara Daw

Created on: August 01, 2009

Don't pity me with sidelong glance,

Don't pity me with looks askance,

Don't pity my rags and bundled home,

Don't pity my life with nought to own,

Don't shake your head as you hurry past,

Don't look away; don't stare aghast,

Don't wish that I could join anew,

Don't wish that I could be like you,

Don't think I want your burdened life,

Don't think I yearn for stress and strife,

You search for coins ; a mobile pressed to ear,

I look at you; I see your fear,

Do you think envy is what you see?

Don't second guess; don't pity me.

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