Monday, September 14, 2015

Wake Up Again

Too much noise
Too many faces
Don't know these people
Don't know these places

Smiling mouths
Frowning eyes
When someone says they're fine
They reek of lies

Can't reach the stars
So catch a cloud
Everything's too quiet
And then too loud

Wish on a star
Blow out a candle
But no wish can backtrack time
Or erase a scandal

Read a book
Watch a show
Because life's boring or too hard
And you need to get away, to go

Play a game
Listen to a song
Don't want a chance to think
Because then you know you're wrong

Gaze at stars
Pick out shapes in the clouds
Try to be original
So you'll stand out in the crowds

But when you try so hard
You turn into
Someone who is very far
From the real you

Want to stand out
But don't want to be judged
Like drawing a chalk picture on the ground
And expecting it not to be smudged

Act like everyone else
Because then you're protected
Because when everyone's the same
You'll never be corrected

Want to be you
But act like someone else instead
You have a point to make
But you'll only argue it in your head

You have something to say
But you're too scared to say it
You want to continue
But you've already made a forfeit

Wake up!
It's morning again
Every day is a restart
Why don't you try to win?

Get up!
Today's a blank page
Won't you be you
And get out of this cage?

Speak up!
Say what's on your mind
You don't have to be a robot
You can be kind

Stand up!
It's a new day
Even if they judge
You'll be okay

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