Don't Call Me Conformity

Wrote this poem a few years ago for school. One of my favorite pieces.

Look at all the cookie cutter families!

Everyone is the exact same

No mistakes, molding us

Into an unyielding community

White house, black shutters

Pickett fence surrounding my small yard

Walking down my neighborhood

Is like deja-vu all the time, they’re all like this.

Momma’s at home cooking and cleaning,

Father is out working for the day.

My older brother is doing homework.

I refuse to be part of their “perfect family”

They yell when my music is too loud,

They tell me it’s a corruption, a bad influence.

My music is my religion, Elvis is my God.

They don’t like it, why do they listen?

Why does everyone want me to change?

Your hair is like Barbie’s, stuck in place

Are my crazy creative clothes,

And my colored hair too much for you?

I wasn't always like this

I used to be the same as everyone

I had the same clothes, the same shoes

I was the perfect daughter.

I don’t need to be perfect to be loved

Music loves me

My friends love me,

What else do I need, I am perfect.

Whether I am the same as you or not!

Reviews

[Terpsichore]

Brilliant first line and the rest of the poem is excellent. Nothing wrong with different.

T

[MsJewel]

Wouldn't life be boring if we all were the same...

I don’t need to be perfect to be loved
Music loves me
My friends love me,
What else do I need, I am perfect.
Whether I am the same as you or not!

You have summed it all up so well in the last few lines of your poem.

:) Julie

[Daydreamer]

MY FAVORITE CONCEPTION:- transcending the normal and common.
I love despising the "mainstream" and not being a part of it in a way :p

[Sam Ryann]

"I don't need to be perfect to be loved, music loves me, my friends love me." Those are words to live by, you have the ability to choose who is your family and who is not, regardless of blood.

This poem reminds me of the quote"The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." (Popularly known as blood is thicker than water)

Music and my friends have helped me through more things than my family ever has.

This is a truly amazing poem, I absolutely loved reading it. I feel like you're going to go places with your writing. Thank you for sharing.
100/100