Be like me they said
Think like me they said
Feel like me they said
Be me they essentially said
Fuck you I said, fuck you
Intelligence measured on a scale that works for some
Broken for others
Not all of us think the same way
A petulant system deeming others less
Diminishing creativity and breeding a festering conformity
What are we truly accomplishing?
A society where some are shunned
And others are deemed unable to have a superior thought process
Let me grow
Let me flourish
Let me break free from the metaphorical chains you have bestowed upon my naïve mind
In which I put myself down because I do not fit your standards of intelligence
Let my words on paper speak for what my words in person could never do
Because the next time you tell me I’m not good enough
You will remember the day you tried to tighten those chains.