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Created on: January 05, 2009
Conform they say.
Never would I.
Behave, while you play.
God knows, I did try.
Girls don't,
but this one did.
You won't,
that's what they said.
Bars and chains,
they tried to confine me.
Symbolic pain,
they tried to bind me.
Try to fit in!
Why be a normal soul?
You are living a life of sin!
The first stone will you throw?
Society. Norms and values.
Individuality. Expression so free.
I don't think they have any clues.
How good it is to be me.
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