Our words have a whip
They sting when we say them
Not like a bee, a slap or an electric eel
But a never-ending shock
Causing infinite pain
Reminding constantly why we're not perfect
We tell us to express ourself
To be different and true
Yet my skin still blisters when I come
back from school
A boy wears a dress
A girl shaves her head
Yet they're still ridiculed
Unable to come out of bed
A girl has a gap between her two teeth
A boy has a stutter skipping like a record down the street
Can't we say we're all scratched underneath?
Perfection isn't real
Yet we still fight it
Society has killed the beauty inside us
The monster isn't under our beds anymore
But inside our heads
We destroy to make ourself feel better
And change to fit the views of others
Human isn't who we are anymore
Can't we just see our reflection at its core
There's a purpose for feeling
To see what's underneath
We're all different outside
Don't you think?
So why do we attack?
Nothing has touched me
Yet my skins raw
Society has made a mold for us all
We look in the mirror
And hate what we see
Can't beauty define what's underneath?
Sure I'm not perfect
But I can do so much more
I can sing off tune
And dance with two left feet
I don't need a mold to show
the beauty I behold
We push each other to the edge
Some can't escape from the horror in our heads
They think there's only one way out
And we don't even stop them!
Society didn't create humans, they
created leeches
We use each other to make ourself feel better
People used to sleep on rocks
Yet they could still dream better than us
What happened to this world that we live in?
I want to dream a better world
Where it's okay to look different,
talk different,
and be different!
We have destroyed the beauty in humans
I don't want to be a monster
I don't want to cause pain
Can't I be a human everyday?
It's okay to be who you are
I don't percieve you on how you look when you start
We can make a change in this world
And destroy the monsters in us all
It's ok to dream and believe
That's the only way we will be free
Let's put away the whips we have been carrying
The only time is now
I want to be free to believe and be myself for once
I'm tired of crying
And judging instead of smiling
So let's build a better society
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We are all Just Human (Poetry)
PoesíaWe have all felt like an Outsider alone in the world. We destroy our self esteem, and cry ourself to sleep. We have all hurt ourself and others to feel better. We do this all because we are human. And human is all we are going to be.
