We Are More Than Statistics Poem by Phil Soar

Nobody wants to just be a statistic
A number on a graph, or a pie chart
Our lives should be something more realistic
Or else it's like a dagger through the heart

Nobody wants to not mean something special
To just be disregarded at the end
To not have lived up to their life's potential
Or not have many influential friends

Nobody wants to miss life's rich beginnings
From what you learn in childhood and beyond
And everyone wants more than a small innings
And needs a family with a unique bond

Nobody has to feel they are expendable
Someone who doesn't matter, or a pain
Everyone needs someone indispensible
Someone at your side to take the strain

So, no-one should feel they are a statistic
A number, figure, that is hardly fair
Everyone should just feel optimistic
And then there'll be no need for this despair