If you were lonely, you crave happiness 
but never the other way around – 
because, supposedly, there was 
never another way around it. 

But for me, there was. 
Most people don't think that way, which I know so well. 
And so I would begin thinking that perhaps,
I was not just not like most people.

Or maybe what I was doing all along
was the normal thing but people 
don't normally feel that way 
because they were compelled to follow the norms. 

And what were those norms? 
They were just standard rules made for the society to follow. 
At first, they were never those kinds of 
'you-should-follow-me' rules but since normalcy demanded for it, 
people, who were afraid of being branded as weirdoes or deviants, 
started blindly following whatever the society deemed as righteous. 

As if they were afraid to be different
and to lose their position in society. 
Thus, I began thinking of how 
rotten our current society was. 

Most don't have anything to begin with
so they are not afraid of losing anything. 
Maybe that made the difference. 
And those who were born with everything 
would be afraid to lose any of it. 

And they would do anything just to keep it all. 
But the sad thing is, no one can take those things from you. 
They are yours to keep and protect. 
So be who you want to be and let your true colors shine. 

For they are the most beautiful thing in the world and completely unique to you.