Mind Over Difference

June 11, 2014

The only thing on my mind is that of difference

I've connected the dots, sung the song

I've tried to fit in, I've tried to understand

None of it works though, I never belonged

I think of how I'm different every single day

I'm Chemically different, bonds and all

Two carbon, six hydrogen, one oxygen

I see no pleasure in these atoms, but many do

Their perception of life is too askew

Chemical reactions don't make you...you

I am physically different, muscles and all

While you waste the body, treat it like a rusting cage

I adapt, strengthen myself and my will

Plastic capsules and synthetic remedies

Decompose your tendons, ligaments, and mind

I'm mentally different, thoughts and all

I see the potential, I strive for greatness

I try to grow, I try to right the wrongs

One person can change the world, they disagree

I try to be Gatsby and them, just another Tom

I'm emotionally different, happiness and all

Social media is a vaccine combating feelings

"I love you" is just old vocabulary now extinct

People can't speak from their body, nor their hearts

I express how I feel, now just a remnant of the past

I'm philosophically different, morally and all

Deep thoughts deceased, simplicity is despot

Values, morals, all now buried under a sea of ashes

Sex, drugs, greed are ideals people now bathe in

I see the world through the eyes of wind and water

In life I am different, that I know for sure

Everybody is consumed by darkness, enveloping lies

I understand life, an idea polluted by fabricated objects

From the largest galaxy to the smallest neutrino, I see beauty

As darkness engulfs you, I stand tall, proud. Different.

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