What if I Told you the Crocodile

~A random by me (also a crocodile illustration because I felt like drawing one).

What if I told you the crocodile
is embarrassed about his skinny
mini physique
The other crocodiles are buff
and the girl crocs
ignore him

What if I told you my friend the blueberry
gets to hear lame jokes about her bright-purpley-blue-hue
even from her friends and coworkers
and that even though she laughs along
because it's all in good fun
and so two centuries ago
it still hurts to be objectified

What if I told you the kangaroo
has to sit by herself at parties
well mostly by herself (she has her Joey)
She's pretty and young and she used to be one of the girls
But now she's a mom and that's weird, I guess

What if I told you my friend the monkey
feels really lonely right now
he's loud and he's odd and a bit too noisy
but now none of his friends want to hang
so he eats his oranges alone

what if I told you my friend the raisin
gets laughed at behind her back
by all the fresh young grapes
she can't help that she has such deep wrinkles
she's seen the sun
she has lived

What if I told you that the raccoon
with his mask of blackety smudge
is tired of strangers who judge
him on how he appears
He's a punk he's a thief a delinquent
no, actually
he likes music and that's just his style

What if I told you that I'm someone who thinks
I don't do all of those things
Well I'm wrong.
Maybe not all,
and defs' not in public,
but I'm guilty of some just the same

And if everyone acted toward me
the way that I think
when I'm tired or annoyed or thoughtless
I would feel
very small
very cheap
very hurt

So my thought is
be kind
to the crocs and the raisins
and realize
they might just
be you.