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Society
We try and be somebody we're not
We try to be what society wants us to be
We aren'y really unique
Our society is silently crumbling around us
Yet the poets keep writing about how they feel
And the kids keep lying about how they feel
And the locks on our doors keep failing because we deny how we feel
They make us out to be nobody
But behind closed doors, we can be whoever we want
Because their opinions are irrelevant
We can dance to the music we want
We can write poems that are beautifully depressing
We can have our own names
Because we are a work of art
And nobody
Not even this society
Can change that

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Basically, what inspired me to write this poem, is the society I'm exposed to. I look around my school and see these people. They are all carbon copies of each other. They all listen to the same music, have the same friends, the same hobbies, they're just all the same. And I noticed this. I feel as if these people can't tell anyone how they really feel, because of fear of being neglected by their peers. So they try and be the same as everyone around them. I just really hope people can relae to this, because the words I wrote are true.