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"Just A Worldly Note


"Just A Worldly Note"

 

Here I stand in front of you, a natural body

 

Something that was given to me by ancestors I am unfamiliar with

 

As I twirl these labels that give you a confidence are thrown at me sending me into a endless loop of deteriorating thoughts

 

Where did you attain such a derogatory attitude towards a life I am proud of?

 

Tell me why you implant these rules that allow you to chastise me

 

"Go for a look that is natural, but doesn't make you look fake"

 

I am not enough for you in anyway, these forlorn shadows look at me with disdain

 

Take a glance around you, and then back at me

 

Do my eyes not tell a different story then your ugly words?

 

I am a human as well

 

Maybe it seems like in life you may judge as you desire to

 

But I would rather betray the world than the world betray me

 

For I am figuring out life like many

 

I put my foot down and will say "Fuck you society, I am my own person. I will not be screwed over by you"

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