we give up our names to others
to use with love
or contempt
we give up our age
to assumptions created by
people other than
us
on how not to behave
we sell our bodies
to the media sculptors
and our speech
to the common voice
of the nation
we give up our emotions
for others to cruelly
mould and remould
we loose our identity
amongst the fairytales
written for us by the stars
and idealised concepts
we forget what it is
to be human
as we drown
in the regulations
handed down to us by
ancestors
of oppression
we cry when we’re told
and laugh when prompted
we refuse to speak in the silence
and walk in the dark
with a burnt out candle
we leave daggers in souls
and needle pricks
along bruised skin
we fail to love
with all our
might
and fail to accept
people
for the puppets
they’re not
we renounce
our freedom
when we
cooperate with outdated thoughts
and refuse to take a stand
for those who
are silenced
by the predatory
nature
of the world
OMIGOSH THIS JUST SLAYED ME ITS SO GOOD WHAT THE HECK
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aw Ilsa THANK YOU SO MUCH your comments never fail to make my heart melt x THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT
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OMFG THANK YOU SO MUCH 💜 YOU WARM MY HEART
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