Don'T Do That Poem by Karen Deans

Don't hold me down
Don't hold me back
Don't tell me no
Don't Do That!

Don't hold my hand
Don't force feed me
Don't give me half when the whole is due me.
Don't Do That!

Don't look at my age
Don't try to read my mind
Don't tell me your problems and forget about mine.
Don't Do That!

Don't assume I don't understand
Don't forget that I can
Don't look at the color of my skin.
Don't Do That!

Don't ask me who I sleep with at night
Don't lecture me on what is right
Don't assume I don't have a point of view
Just because I don't share it with you....
Don't Do That!

Give me a chance
and
Let Me In!