Dear, Society

We are through

Dear Society,
We have been going in different directions for some time
 so I must be moving on,
I tried to fit into your design 
I struggled to be the words to your impressionable song.

You always told me that I could be myself with you,
but the more independent I became
the more you put me down.

You began telling me the things I should aspire to
stomping my dreams into the ground.

And I started to believe you,
believe that I was suppose to be like everyone else.
That beauty only lies within a single perception;
that success was the price of possessions upon a shelf.

I tried to live up to your impossible expectations,
un-opinionated and air-brushed- sexy.
I wanted to want the white picket fence
if it meant that you would accept me.

But as I quietly sat,
uncomfortable inside your mold,
I began to violently suffocate
 on everything I was told.

You said I would be happy
but I find myself faking it more and more,
as I work away my life for all of the materialistic things
that I should adore.

I was drowning in self hate
and you just stood by,
with amusement in your eyes you watched me fail
you watched me die.

At the bottom, among the rocks
I finally see through this lie,
this unforgivable sham,
and today I am leaving you behind for good
so that in time I may come to love myself
for who I really am

Author's Note

thank you GirlFriday for the inspiration

Reviews

[carol burgess romance]

This is a very good write...society demands too much then when you step outside to take a breath and think, "I don't want to live like that, you are a misfit...but in todays world I find more people walk to their own beat and say ,"To hell with whay society expects from me."

[SoulSplatter]

and I love to see it...I see big changes coming...minds evolving :) its beautiful

[SoulSplatter]

Thanx so much for your kind review

[Alona Rivika]

I love this and the way it is written! I feel like everybody can relate to it, in some way.

[SoulSplatter]

Thank you for reading and your kind review :)

[Alona Rivika]

:)

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Love the whole break up letter with society feel to this. True poets are outcasts! I really love your voice and tone.

[SoulSplatter]

Thank you :) I agree, poets are outcasts just like most true artists

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I'm going to give you an in-depth review, but the nyquil i took for this cold is kicking in and making me loopy. Want to give your work the attention it deserves.

[SoulSplatter]

I look forward to reading it :) Feel better