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Conformity
“Freak”
You hiss at her
She didn’t ask for this
It just happened
Her whole world drowned
because of you
She didn’t mind, at first
but you ran like poison through her thoughts
and told her what perfect should be
Her skin is too pale,
her lips too thin,
her veins too blue,
her hair is gone.
Is her life not as valuable as yours
just because she looks like this?
She fought hard
She was brave
But you convinced her
to give up
To let go
She was beautiful, I think
But true beauty, thanks to you, never lasts
Is her life not as valuable as yours because she looks this way?
Because she’s too pale, too thin, too sick, too ugly
And now she’s gone
Nothing more than a whisper
Of what you have done
AND YOU COULDN’T CARE LESS
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I want others to understand the dangerous levels conformity is reaching in today's society.