Beyond looks

I didn’t find Marisa attractive

I didn’t like her hair colour

I sometimes felt like hating her

But she’s not that bad and I

Indulge in her hobbies and groups

Learning to get over my prejudices

As I pray for her salvation.

HAUNTED BY AN EX

I loved him before but I bothered

Him a lot, he lost his privacy

Even if I still wanted him but

We broke up and I feel haunted

By him even as I pray for him.

THE BOY

He lost his mother and pet

He got hazed and bullied

In the university he studied

With nobody else to befriend

Feeding animals he’s allergic to

Waiting for God to give him a friend.

Wishing you well

I sometimes hated him

I wanted to curse him

I cursed him before

But I prayed for him

Hoping God’ll get him

If something bad happens

Wishing him well as it strikes.

Escaping hell

Sometimes I loved him

Sometimes I don’t as

I can’t connect to him

Annoyed by what he

Does but I pray for him

Hoping he’ll go to God.

Surviving a breakup

I kept on contacting him

That I still want him but

He rejected my advances

He doesn’t want me anymore

I feel so lonely again and I

Wish we’d get back together.

DISTINCTIONS

I have problems with James Olsen, one for being interchangeable with others and that he’s just a token black sidekick stereotype. I suppose if he was a hardworking but harried black rookie journalist (with albinism) who looks after his orphaned brother, that would’ve improved his presentation a lot.

But the flaw here is that he might become too independent for his own good he’s obviously not a superhero and can’t always be there for either Supergirl or Superman. Supergirl can go on with her other friends, Jimmy’s mostly stuck with what’s left of his family. At this point, it would be cruel to call him ’emo’ because he only has one surviving family member.

Crueler still if you also insult him for having a defect and how Conner feels so strongly about being brought up by a relative who doesn’t look like him at first. Alternatively speaking, the only way they’ll get away with him if he’s based on a real life journalist like Mr Anaman (or Mr Sevareid and Gareth Jones). Either way, it’s a matter of firmly establishing his voice from the start.