the words inside my heart

acceptance

i strayed away from society

i didn't want what the world wanted

i was different

a lot of people see different as bad

i saw my difference as amazing

but it took me a while to see that

i always felt as is i had to act like them

talk like them

look like them

walk like them

be like them

but i don't have to

being me is all that matter.

so as i got older

i realized i didn't want to act like them

or talk like them

or look like them

or walk like them 

or be like them

i wanted to be my individual self

so, i ventured out into the world

saw all that it had to offer

and choose what i liked the most

what interested me

what made me want to keep living

i found the things feed my individuality 

so, i stopped being like them

and became me, a completely different person

they may not like a different version of me

but who cares

i learned to accept my true self and this is the most important thing.