To The Society

Sometimes no matter how normal you are to yourself, the society thinks otherwise.

I am a strange person, well to the society 

Recently i started swimming

I go out wearing a zebra-print legging

An extremely tight t-shirt, and another shirt over that

And a pair of violet slippers

No in no way do i look vulgar,

I just look plain weird, well to the society 

When i go to school

I read a book, sometimes fiction, sometimes a journal

And when I have a free class and go the library,

I carry that book with me 

My friends, they laugh at me, they call me crazy

They snatch the book from me and pass it around

Until I beg them to give it back

Well yes I'm strange but to the society.

 

See i believe in female freedom

I believe in female education 

Oh and i don't accuse the girl when she gets raped

I have no interest in money 

I only find my peace in books and music

But I am abnormal

Well to the society.

Author's Note

Why is it so wrong to be different?

Reviews

[Talismanic]

Sorry, i was so touched by this poem i just had to respond creatively.
Society is a paradox (we're social beings i've heard, but have a habit of blowing up social beings outside our own circle), and we're told we have 'problems' if we can't understand it.
Personally, i've found society says no to:

1. being proud of what sets you apart
2. dancing without an alcohol excuse
3. loving a lover

We're made to feel out-of-line, alone, misunderstood, stupid and ashamed. It's unconscious mostly, society is supposed to be like gravity but because we don't have such narrow-minds we can see it from the outside too - we haven't got the sort of limits most people are stuck with, so our priorities are different, so that not only do we accept other people's differences, we friggin love them more!

[Talismanic]

Member of Society - (sign to authorise you're commitment to the following)

i am a duplicate, therefore i belong. i will dress to show i profit the most expensive, corrupt, exploiting business i can afford, and that i want to be just like you so long as you will be just like me.

i will take an obssessive-compulsive interest (real or imaginary) in making myself the instant 'cool' person you'll want to be friends with (simply to bump up your own fragile self-image), whilst seamlessly talking, walking, and moderating my behaviour at all times to fit the mould that makes me better than you - (shallow and on-gaurd is always appropriate). This way i will always find someone as insecure as myself, who likes the things i like and does not like the things i do not like. i will, therefore, be happy.

if our ideas of happiness are identical, if we agree that abnormailty is embarassing/dangerous, we can all get along.

disclaimer
if you aren't with us you're against us

Sign!

hell no :p