A Slew of Poems Unrevised

OUTGROWN

I scream to become nothing
I scream to be nothing
Not within the corridors
Of one way of being
I scream to become everything
I scream to be everything
"Commit"
The vibrations of chants
Purging commitment
To what one was "supposed" to be
Make your mother happy
Make your daddy proud
Make your friends love you
Keep the earth spinning round
Smile when they tell you
Laugh when it's accepted
Keep the shadows hidden
Perfect way to live
To be dissected
Cut up…
and disconnected

I screamed to become nothing
I screamed to be nothing
Couldn't fit in the corridors
Of one way of being
I screamed to become everything
I screamed to be everything
Extremism
Those vibrations of chants
Purging extremism
Because I could never commit
To
Narrow peepholes
Of self image