Dear World

Dear World,

I was once asked what message I would send

If I could project it along you’re

Fine beautiful

Polluted curves

For everyone to hear

I was told as a child

That a stereotypical teenager hates

The society

Burns down the authority

And revolts against

The ones who gave them life

And these were said with scorn

And were frowned upon

That was the day I learned there were lines

Boxes around each person

That if stepped out of

Made them less than those around us

Some people even started with one foot across

So they weren’t even given a chance to keep inside

To not break rules

Which is ridiculous right?

As a child my worst fear

Was to misstep

And when I did

I tried to repaint the line

With apologies

And tears

And sometimes I still do

I learned that mistakes brought your whole world crumbling down

In 6^th grade my existence already scared me

Because i learned the whole time I hadn’t seen the line behind me

I’d crossed long ago

Making me from day one

Already less

A while later

I learned those same things

Made me

Hate society

Burn down authority

But look to the ones I love for any sign

Of guidance

To why I grew up this way

Only to now I understand that ever line I thought I crossed

Doesn’t actually exist

It’s set up by yourself and those around you

To make sure you never

Be different

Because being different is scary

It means that you may one day

Other throw everyone and become better than human

Or at least think you are

So you’re told not to think that

Though even so

 Everyone grows up around you

Learning that in aspects

They are still graded

On how much more worth

Or less worth

They have than others

We put a price over everyone’s head

And call it their humanity

Though the mistakes I made

The decisions

My existence

My thoughts

Were what made me human

So I decided what I wanted to say

Wasn’t

Society is the issue

Or that rules were the issue

It was the idea of lines

That we set up when people are young

Saying we know the right path to follow

And not noticing that there is no correct path

Or pace

Or ideals

Out of the many that exist

There is no one better and no one worse than us

There is just us

And if you cut out the part of every brain that thinks

We’d just all be brought down to primal instinct

To feed, to survive, to live

Which at this rate is better

Because now we’ve lowered the price of others

To less than human

Which is what we set out not to do in the first place

We’re born into a body, a self, a life

We can’t change

And you can walk any path you think is right

Make any choice you want about yourself

And what steps you want to take

Though most importantly

Is a rule I see broken every day

It’s not violating someone’s right

To do the same

Because that’s what would respect them

As your equal

Because they are

Whether you believe so or not