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They call me a genius,

"Marveling at what I’ve done.

Skipping a couple of grades

Amazing most everyone.

All assuming, assuming,

That I’m a smart and good child

Listening to her parents,

Well-tempered and mild." I love the way you worded this. I am not gifted myself but i love the way this sounds and i love that you made it rhyme. It just flows perfectly and illustrates something that not a lot of people think about

"Don’t you all see underneath

The praise and the compliments

Is an overwhelmed kid who

Thinks they’re a disappointment?

The gifted are robbed of friends

For their thinking is unique.

Even if they try to talk,

It’s hard to join any clique." This part I can relate to, as someone who has a learning disability. Making friends has always been difficult. My mind has always been the different one, the not normal one.

"Overthink, compare, repeat,

Will this vicious cycle end?

The worst part is when you know

How much they have to pretend.

Pretend you’re happy with grades,

Comparing them to others.

Pretend you’re happy alone,

As if you do not bother." So many people put emphasis on grades to be good to be successful. It's really a lot of pressure. You nailed that, and I felt sad and lonely reading this verse.

"We are not robots, machines,

That simply accomplish things.

We want to be loved for us,

Like normal human beings.

Our intelligence is just

Part of our distinct nature.

It does not make us into

Some weird exotic creature." This makes me think of criminal minds and the character Reid. So much is put on him all the time because he is so smart that I don't think anyone really paid attention to him, on the inside. Having a smart brain doesn't make you an all knowing being and i can understand how that would be exhausting. This is great at illustrating the lonely misunderstood feeling.

"Being gifted seems to be

Both a blessing and a curse,

Thanks to unhealthy pressure

Which makes our mental health worse.

Be kind to gifted people

There you will begin to see

Their strengths, flaws, different quirks,

Uniqueness in full beauty." This one is an excellent conclusion, it ties everything up with a nice little bow. I love the phrase that it's both a blessing and a curse that you used and i think it's just a beautiful poem overall. GREAT JOB

Man, you really were able to capture, what people like us feel inside. The ideas of having a fake smile demeanour on the outside for people, whilist having a real and normal humane personality inside; the fact that our intelligence is just a part of ours, and not the entirety of our existence; and also the fact that many people are not able understand all of this. Putting this all in words itself is already a hard thi g to do.
For me, the first two lines of the third stanza hit me the hardest - “Overthink, compare, repeat, will this vicious cycle end?”
The poem is very well structured and the different thoughts are neatly laid out in each stanza. It was a really enjoyable read.

Keep writing!!!

Ayy, fellow gifted kid! I know your struggle, dude, I hope things get better for you ❤️❤️❤️❤️

that cover is beautiful :0
and the poem <333 the rhymes are so smooth, and the message is heartfelt. :')

Hello! I'm here to leave a little review/comment!

This is a beautiful poem, It has a great message and it's well written. I love how the words flow and sound lyrical. The build-up to the big message at the end of the poem "Be kind to gifted people" was well done. It was like I was pulling back layers of an onion, stanza by stanza.

In the first stanza, we're given the surface of what people see, a good kid who does well in school. Then, in the second stanza, we see how those expectations are very overwhelming. Then, in the third stanza, we see how these expectations for school lead to a destructive cycle of overthinking and comparing, all while wearing a happy face. Then, in the fourth stanza, we see how gifted people don't want to be known for just their gifts but also them as a person. Lastly, in the fifth stanza, we get the beautiful conclusion of how being gifted can be good and bad, and the most important thing people can do is be kind to them.

I don't know if that layering was purposeful, but it was very nice. Also, I love how you flow from each stanza by saying something in the last couple of lines that goes well with the first couple of lines in the next stanza. (That has been drilled in my head from essays, and I love that in poems xD.)

Also, something else I like about this poem is how it can resonate with people who aren't gifted as well. I can relate to not fitting in with groups because I'm different, and I just think that's a nice thing about humans, we're all connected in all kinds of ways despite our unique differences.

My only critique is the lines in between each stanza, at first I read them as "I's." I think a break would do just fine.

Anyway, yeah, this was a good read. Thank you!
Keep writing!!!~

Hello there! This is loveissourgrapes, sending you a review/comment about such a wonderful poem. It's funny I can relate to this and how different people in this site describe people who are "gifted".

They call me a genius,

Marveling at what I’ve done.

Skipping a couple of grades

Amazing most everyone.

All assuming, assuming,

That I’m a smart and good child

Listening to her parents,

Well-tempered and mild.

Don’t you all see underneath

The praise and the compliments

Is an overwhelmed kid who

Thinks they’re a disappointment?

The gifted are robbed of friends

For their thinking is unique.

Even if they try to talk,

It’s hard to join any clique.

Overthink, compare, repeat,

Will this vicious cycle end?

The worst part is when you know

How much they have to pretend.

Pretend you’re happy with grades,

Comparing them to others.

Pretend you’re happy alone,

As if you do not bother.

We are not robots, machines,

That simply accomplish things.

We want to be loved for us,

Like normal human beings.

Our intelligence is just

Part of our distinct nature.

It does not make us into

Some weird exotic creature.

Being gifted seems to be

Both a blessing and a curse,

Thanks to unhealthy pressure

Which makes our mental health worse.

Be kind to gifted people

There you will begin to see

Their strengths, flaws, different quirks,

Uniqueness in full beauty.

Hi! I'm reviewing using the YWS S'more Method today!

You will not believe how much I love this poem, because of how relatableit is! Thank you for writing it!

Top Graham Cracker - What I Know
This poem seems to be ablout people who are smart, get good grades, and are well-behaved. But the point of this poem is that these kinds of people don't get many friends because of this, and also because they're always overwhelmed and comparing their grades to others so that they won't be a dissapointment. The message of the poem is that there is a lot of pressure for people who are smart, so be kind to them, as they are human beings too.

Slightly Burnt Marshamallow - Room for Improvements
I didn't see much stuff that you could improve, but I noticed this:

All assuming, assuming,

That I’m a smart and good child

We are not robots, machines,
That simply accomplish things.
We want to be loved for us,
Like normal human beings.
Our intelligence is just
Part of our distinct nature.
It does not make us into
Some weird exotic creature.

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