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Be Yourself?

Just be yourself, that's what they say.
This is the one truth you thought to follow,
But it's the one they'll soon betray.
For now we want nothing of you, BE SHALLOW!

I curse myself for being the outcast,

That single blip that disrupts the 'system'.

I'm what they can't handle, and that's what they hate.

So I scream to myself, for I am scum.

 

Hidden away, this darkness betrays.

It offers no solace, no help and no comfort.

And all the advice I get, is "It's just a phase".

Fuck you and all your lies! Left to my last resort.

 

Pull myself from this deepening insanity,

The blood and the blade remove the true pain.

Yes I know your story, and your 'humanity'.

But then again, I hold you in utmost disdain.

 

I said that I shouldn't, said that I couldn't.

But maybe here, I'll find my peace.

Where I've gone is a place that you wouldn't.

And then someday, I will simply cease.

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  • wingsofgold25 silver member
    January 24, 2008
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    this is a very well written piece.
    easy to read. Good luck and thanks for entering the contest.


  • Forgot2Breathe
    January 22, 2008

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    This different, awesome different. I love how you're stating how you can't, and you aren't going to change, and how everyone is afraid to kind of let you be who you are. Major kudos. I also love the little bit of self-hate.

    "I curse myself for being the outcast,
    That single blip that disrupts the 'system'.
    I'm what they can't handle, and that's what they hate.
    So I scream to myself, for I am scum."