Normal

It's a piece of cake being normal... right?

Get good grades,

Be a good person,

Have a bright face,

Stay a virgin.

Don’t be mean,

Don’t say “old” to 30

Don’t let envy turn you green,

And absolutely don’t be dirty

Follow the rules of society and be as perfect as you can be;

It’s not that hard of a thing,

Just pretend to be happy

Even if in reality, you’re actually quite hurting

Fake it till you make it;

The rent--you’re gotta pay it,

Don’t cuss, don’t you say it!

Oh, s**t, too late, isn’t it?

Come on, it’s not that hard to be normal,

Not half as bad as seeing your crush at Winter Formal,

Or having to watch the Presidential debate polls.

Not even quite as awful, as having your hair shaped into a bowl

Yet normal is not so easy;

It’s like trying not to be cheesy.

Or like reading on a rocking boat, despite already being queasy.

Or for me, trying to make a friend, without making the other feel uneasy.

They set a standard for us all

Set rules for being normal

But in reality, you really gotta give your a*s a giant haul,

To fit that standard at all.

It’s quite the daunting task;

If it’s me you come to ask,

To some it’s as easy as putting on a beauty mask

Or taking Liquid Luck from a pretty little flask.

So it’s fine to not be normal

And like understanding non-English speaking Yugoslavs;

It’s fine to just give up on it all

Because I most certainly have

Given up on being normal

Author's Note

Couple bad words.
And no hate against Yugoslavs--I just put it in for rhyming reasons honestly.
Also, this is the same general idea, but a different take on another poem I wrote called, "How Are You?" which seemed to be well received, as it has the most views of all my works.
And please, please, please, take a second if a you can to review really quick! I took a different, semi-sarcastic/humor-ish twist on this one, and I'm not sure if it failed or if it worked.
Thank you so much!

Reviews

[Inject Positivity]

You have used quite a fresh way to present the message that we always hear "trying to be normal"... I think there is nothing called normal, it's all man made, by our so called society. The message is quite a strong one even though you have taken the guidance of a bit of humor but it's still very clear for the reader to understand and it feels very real which is really great and I think you've accomplished what you were trying to achieve. Be who you are, God would smile if you do what comes naturally to you...

I'm glad you have mentioned about the Yugoslav in the author's note, helps the reader to understand your purpose...

Sincerely
Dhiman

[5hade5layer]

Thank you so much for commenting! This helped me a lot; I feel a slight bit more reassured this wasn't a fail :)