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Unpretentious


I hate the feeling I hate the people Who tell us we're not supposed to be We can be Whatever we want to be Whoever we need to be I'm so scared Of leaving Of learning What I'm supposed to do When all I really want Is innocence And loving however And whoever I want to It makes me cry Choke Freeze When I think of A time when you'd belong to someone Other than me The world tells us it's not right But just for tonight I need to fabricate our own world Where I can be me and you are you And no one tells us what to do Or how to Why do they think they're in charge Of young hearts I don't mind What's on the outside There are times I realize That all I need Is to just be next to you And I can let myself be free From all the things controlling me Please don't look at me Like I'm something other Than what you expect; What the world "needs" I'm not so strange Just me But I feel so small Unsure, and insecure Secrets are eating me alive Just me Stuck here Wishing these things were allowed Won't someone help Even this creature so unworthy
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