Individuality and Celibacy in the Sahara Desert

A teenage-reminiscent, equality-infused poem about awesomeness. Read if you want to be wooed. Limited explicit language used.

chase your dreams, they say

(but not those dreams)

be who you are, they say

(but not if you’re like that)

be an individual, they say

(but only if you’re like us)

I say, screw them

No exceptions, no clauses, no hidden fine print

CHASE YOUR DREAMS

(no matter what they are

  you want to go to the moon? do it.

  you want to be a celibate monk living in the Sahara Desert? why shouldn’t you be?

  you want to be a stripper? f*****g go for it.)

BE WHO YOU ARE

(no matter who you are

  boy, girl, neither, both, other

  agnostic, muslim, christian, worshipping the church of the flying spaghetti monster

  nerd, jock, brave, coward, emo trash)

BE AN INDIVIDUAL

(no matter what

  a splash of color in a see of black and white

  a mess of scribbles in a perfect painting

  stand still in a mob of dancers; dance in a mob of people standing still)

imperfection is beauty and 

LIFE

is imperfect

and within this imperfection is the most commonly unattainable and unattainably common display of perfection within the world.

EMBRACE IT.

FLAUNT IT.

DANCE WITH IT UNTIL YOUR TOES BLEED.

because you are you and there is nothing more perfectly horrendous and awfully wonderful in the world.

let no one tell you otherwise.

Author's Note

I am better and more familiar with prose, so it'd be awesome if I could get some solid reviews on this that are more than just "coooool poem dude!!!1!1" Thanks!

Reviews

[Loui SE]

I like the order and the enthusiasm.
Few questions:

1.Why do you think it is important or beneficial to be an individual?
2.How do you overcome the obstacles of being an individual? (loneliness, no road map, knowing who you even are, nevertheless needing to be a member of society...)
3.Why do you think many people find it so uncomfortable to be undistracted and alone with themselves even for the shortest amounts of time?
4.Why do some people find individuals pretentious or naive, more burdening than encouraging?
I would be very glad to hear your thoughts about at least one of those.

At any rate, thank you! for this upbeat praise of imperfection :-)
Have a good one