don’t you find our breed wild
we feel the need to bleed fear into every child that is put on our earth
say their assignment is to be perfect
yet we neglect to think what happens after
the power of the this idea grows overwhelming faster
my school became a prison
a building of anxiousness, heavy breathing, stealing scissors, arm bleeding,
grey halls, always leaving even worse than how i went in
you stripped away my contentment
my resentment grew with my fears
every day brought tears and a lost patience for them
you fill our heads with expectations leaving no room for reality in our minds
mine was crying out for help
welp i guess i’m stuck with no reverse
under the curse of our unrealistic society
if i reach out i don’t fit in
if i stay quiet i might not reach the end
there’s no way to describe the pain you inscribe inside us
you circumscribe us in these walls of lies
that we don’t know are there
because where are we supposed to find out the truth
what you teach our youth is what we will believe
and when we’re older how are we supposed to get free
if we dislike the lens though which we were taught to see
we have to change our values to something that’s actually worth valuing
and you will never know how hard we have try
how much it tears us apart to have
unlearn everything we’ve lived by
everything i thought i knew
i have to let go of to heal
peel back the walls of lies
and face the truth of what is real
face the thing you tried to hide
and you will never know how that feels