Not Allowed

Not Allowed
By
D.R. Cook


Not allowed to be happy, or I am manic.
Not allowed to be sad, or I am depressed.

Not allowed to love, or I am a fool.
Not allowed to hate, or I am a monster.

Not allowed to be me, or I am crazy
Not allowed to conform, with out money.

Not allowed to dream, or I am just a slacker.
Not allowed to be in realistic, or I am to pessimistic.

Not allowed to try, or I will look foolish.
Not allowed to give up, or I prove I am foolish.

Not allowed to be alone, or I am selfish.
Not allowed to need someone, or I am to needy.

Not allowed to have faith, or I am a follower.
Not allowed to disbelieve, or I am a sinner.

Not allowed to fight, or I am a bully.
Not allowed to refrain, or I am a coward.

Not allowed to be emotional, or I am sissy..
Not allowed to be a man, or I am sexist.

Not allowed to smoke weed, or I am a stoner.
Not allowed to stop taking prescription drugs, or I am idiot.

Not allowed to live,
Not allowed to die.

I am just fool in the river of time. Firmly planted in the small river bed while the very essences of space and time flows around me. I am the cliched stranger in a sea of cliched strangers, hiding in the shadows always alone.