I Am... Poetry Slam

I am a feather blowing in lies pushed all around by family ties. People I love and people I trust corrode me away like iron and rust. I try to see and to understand, but I feel like I'm lost in a desolate land. My dreams are stupid and my goals are all wrong, but deep inside me they scream out in song. I can not ignore the person I am, I refuse to lie down and be covered in sand. I fight for the life that I wish to live and I must ignore the "advice" they give. The world covers me in a dark shroud and the light thats inside me is screaming out loud. My family forces me to conceal and to hide, but I'm not in this world just along for the ride. I will not be forced to be someone I'm not I'll fight for my life with all that I've got and when the dust settles and victory reigns, I will leave this prison and take off my chains.

This poem is about: 
Me
My family

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