Anyone

"If it's not the style my friends are wearing, 

I won't wear it!"

"Why would you want to wear the same thing

As everybody else?"

"For some reason, I decided I don't like

Being different"

My eight year old sister shrugs and prances away

Ponytail swinging, shining auburn in the sunlight, 

Smiling blankly. She forgets that the grass tickling

The spaces in between her toes is a feeling

She should love forever. 

The chains link around her ankles

Attaching her to a cloned shadow, 

And I watch as she grows up and becomes

"Herself" or everyone else or anyone. 

Reviews

[xxlheart]

what a unique approach on this one. love the message and your style :)

[sparkle]

nice work . It's clear that those words are from your heart , another fantastic work by the fantastic dana , good work :)

[B-poet]

I liked how you've presented this piece. If you can't be like your true friends then it's best not to be like anyone else except yourself. Great work. :)

[B-poet]

I liked how you've presented this piece. If you can't be like your true friends then it's best not to be like anyone else except yourself. Great work. :)

[Rahul]

wonderful write...you've wrote once again from your heart and the words again came from your heart and from real life.
great job "Dana"...and keep writing and be happy in your life, with your life...because life's filled with opportunities. Everyone'd love you as you are cuz..being different's good to be but at a stage reality makes your great and your own realness makes your better, nice, good, intellectual to live in this world.
this write is itself a piece...beautiful write.100/100

[Dana Alsamsam]

thank you so much for your constant kindness! i really appreciate your reviews :)

[s y e]

I loved the wording and format of this write, Dana. A thought provoking write.

Good job.

~ Noodle.

[Pete Langley]

Somewhere back in our evolutionary history we had common genes with herd animals I think. Is it a safety thing, I wonder? This need to look the same, act the same, not be singled out from the crowd? Where does that leave individuals - exposed and vulnerable, or the vanguard of evolution? Your poem is a fascinating thought starter, Dana. P.

[Dana Alsamsam]

thank you. this stemmed from actually having that conversation with my little sister. i'm trying not to interfere with the way that my parents are raising her, but it just really saddens me to see her conforming and drowning her mind with radio music and crappy television. I want her to be individual but i also don't want her to struggle in being "different" like i did. thank you for your thoughtful review!

[Archangel Gabriel]

Indeed thought provoking and a little quirky. Was not sure the final line had the desired effect.

[kublakhan27]

A thoughtful and thought-provoking piece...nicely done :)

[Astro]

Interesting topic and perspective. Makes me think of Pink Floyd "All in all we're just another brick in the wall."

[Dana Alsamsam]

ah yes that does fit rather well. this poem came from a moment of sadness when i actually had that conversation with my little sister yesterday...she's only eight and already succumbed to the conformity of our society. i can only hope that she blossoms as her own person later in life and doesn't become just an anyone.

[Astro]

I don't think you have too much to worry about yet, the very young are very impressionable.