Now I live
I just didn't want to know the shallow end,
didn't want to wade past the latest trend.
I didn't want to blend my color into a number,
didn't want to sheep myself into my slumber.
I just didn't want.
I just didn't want.
I just couldn't let myself be like another,
wouldn't let myself of itself hide and smother.
I just couldn't be the one you wanted of me,
wouldn't let you change me into what you wanted to see.
I just couldn't.
I just couldn't.
Now I live for my inner self's own dignity,
live for it's own self made tranquility.
Now I live for the silence surrounds me,
live for the visions now inside to see.
Now I live.
Now I live.
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I could feel the pain of individuality in this poem and the lack of acceptance by others. The power of this poem comes in its declaration of being oneself as more important than affiliation and bending to the desires of others. Lovely
This poem conveys to me a transition of 2 to 1. A broken relationship and the hope to move on. Also about a person's limititations and self awareness. Great write.
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