Societal Standards of Sameness and Sadness
Unfamiliarity
breeding insecurity,
look through the window
of Society
and tell me what you see.
Lowered moral values,
high expectations of success,
a web of double-standards,
and a fracture caused by stress.
A break in the perfection,
the gilded mask you wear.
Surely the great facade you built
will crumble, tarnish, and tear.
Contempt for every difference
like poison in a remedy.
They preach: Assimilation is the Cure
to rid us of the Enemy.
Too many times
I've seen someone cry,
pick a fight, cheat, or lie.
Copies of a phony smile
plastered to every dull face.
A face of judgment, filled with regrets.
A face of jealousy, hatred at its best;
of pain and sorrow and failed attempts
of constant yearning and hopelessness.
Now at the end of the day,
can you honestly say,
yours truly and sincerely,
without bending to Conformity
that when you look through
the window of Society,
you like what you see?