20-DAY POETRY CHALLENGE

Before You Judge Me

A poetry prompt for day 14

“Come on, judge me, but make sure your reflection’s pure and flawless. Yet, gauge not my family, for they are precious to me over all things in this world.” — Josh Balerite Acol

Before you judge me, do you really know me? have you met my friends? did you find my enemies? have you discerned what I have gone through what I’m goin’ forth?

wait, are you still gonna size me up? I simply want to know if God is hiring you then, I will heed you or else consider first all that God has forgiven you for

This free-verse poetry is composed for my friend Sahil Patel’s prompt. I am nonetheless can’t get enough composing the remaining cues for the 20-day challenge. Thank you my friend Sahil for the tag. I’m precisely having fun! You may check out his adaptation below.

Shoutout to my amazing poet friends, my dear Bhavna Narula, Geetika Sethi, Ntathu Allen, Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她), my dear Doc Dr. Fatima Imam, and dear Doc Dr. Preeti Singh.

Thank you so much for reading! Stay well and safe ever.

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