05-07-2006, 03:38 AM
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Official Snuggler of Kitties of the Chibi Kitty Court
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Re: Preludes of Insanity (A collection of Poems)
I have filtered out another one I think would be nice to share.
The Dawn of Individuality
BY Kyle Peltier
I look out my window at the dawn.
A new day, a new hope.
A chance to further my life,
A chance to follow a path of my choosing.
An opportunity to be beaten,
An opportunity to be ridiculed.
But I have hope.
I have hope that the world will see my suffering,
Hope that I will gain their love,
Hope that I will gain their respect,
Hope that I will gain their kindness.
I have hope as I walk down the cold cement hallway,
My hope shatters as I hear their voices calling
My hope shatters as I am ridiculed
My hope shatters as I am taunted
Taunted on this ground.
The ground that is dedicated to education and the future generations
Supposed to be the breeding ground of the worlds future
This is not the breeding ground of hope
This is not the breeding ground of education
This is not the breeding ground of a better generation
This ground instead spawns conformity
Instead of a better generation, it develops a generation under control
They are told how to act, and look by the media
They are told how to think by the standards the government sets.
They are taught to fear everything unique
They are taught to hate everything different.
They are taught that those who do not conform deserve punishment.
That I deserve punishment.
But I will not yield to this conformity
I will not yield to their believes.
I will continue to explore
I will continue to learn, not because they tell me too, but because I thirst.
Because I thirst for the truth
Because I thirst for my rights
Because I thirst to be unique
Because I thirst to be appreciated
Because I thirst to be an individual
Because I thirst for my voice to be heard
It seems to me that conformity can be gone in my dreams
A nightmare force that swallows people whole
Swallows their identify
Swallows their soul
Making them all faceless lumps
Faceless without individuality
Faceless without a voice
Faceless with hope
That only in my dreams can the world awake from this nightmare
Snap out of the hypnotic state they are in
So that we can be individuals
So that there once again will be diversity
So that voices like mine are not censored
So that voices like mine are listened to
So that voices like mine are everyone's
Through diversity come appreciation
Appreciation for diversity
Appreciation for being unique
Appreciation for the truth
Appreciation for being an individual
Appreciation will once again spark the ember of hope
Spark the drive to follow my own path
Spark the candle that destroys the darkness of conformity
Your voices and mine are the flint and steel
The powers to set in motion the emancipation of our world
Emancipation from being a faceless crowd
Emancipation from the media
Emancipation from the government
Emancipation from the shackles conformity lays upon us
Let your voice be heard
Let your soul speak
Let the fear of ridicule disappear
Let the fear of being beaten disappear
Let this simple message free you
You are powerless without the knowledge of yourself
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