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Rated: E · Poetry · Inspirational · #1248611
Another "rebellious teen" poem. Similar to Contagious.
         An individual me
         

Refuse to be conformed
I won’t be like them
won't obey blindly, won't do what they say just because they say
I’ll think for myself and do what I know to be right
you can’t make me into you

just because you say its true doesn’t make it so
just because you tell me to, won’t make me do it
I think for myself, I’m individualized, I'm me
unique and unconformable                    
different from the rest, I’m true to me

to much of an individual you say?
Ha, there’s no such thing
just because I refuse to be just like you, your clan, your group of followers
well I’ve got news for you, you want to know me? Who I am?
Well take a look, inside yourself

I’m what you long to be, free
I’m not a reckless soul trapped in an unforgiving body
or the next big change in the world locked away, hidden from what could be
I don’t hide myself from the world, a mask obscuring my face

some think I’m just trying to be different, to get attention they think
and maybe they’re right, because all the rest of you don’t want to be seen
that’s why you try to blend with the crowd, act like everyone else
so you can’t be seen, so you can’t be pointed out
you’re like a chameleon, blending in to hide from the truth
can’t you be brave and just face the world?

I do everyday
wanna know why?
Because I’m an individual, refuse to be conformed
wont obey blindly, you can’t ignore
I’m simply me, and that’s all I want to be.
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