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Rise Above
I believe that uniqueness is superior to conformity.
When in today's time, there is no such thing as individualism.
Sometimes I catch myself within moderation.
But in the midst of it all, I ask myself why.
Why do I try so hard to look like them?
Same shoes, Same Shirt, Same Hair.
Humanity stays the same,
I always see identical silhouettes dancing in my head,
because Individualism is clearly dead.
Impending fear that I won't be admired,
taught me to behave similarly to society.
Wanting to rebel, I always concede.
Yet I never understood why.
My teenage years made me realize.
And the impractical efforts to fit in eventually faded,
Because now I understand how.
How valuable it is to be different from the rest.
Mother said to always rise above.
The words often flew over my head.
But occasionally, I bite into them.
The taste is rather inspiring, as it prompts me to think.
How can I be different from the ones I wanted to be like the most?
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