https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUttxCLcwP8
Use the above song as inspiration for any form of creative expression (including but not limited too short stories, poems, lyrics, artwork, photography, covers, music/dance videos etc.)
The parents looked at me and said
‘You have to stand on your own to feet
Be real in all you want.’
Such sage and simple advice
I carried through life
Over the curves and ups and downs
The days when fantasy seemed more real
Than the day-to-day hum drum of work and more work.
School was never a place for me,
My teachers were uninspiring
Classmates wanted to be fashionable
Saw mediocrity as their life’s goal.
Education I found for myself
No thanks to the system
Which frowned on individuality.
It tried to mould me a clone of their lacklustre selves.
Standing on my own two feet,
Came at a cost
Persecution, ridicule, scapegoat
The butt of so many jokes when
All I wanted was to be me.
Lovers came and went,
Took a part of me
Left me scarred
Financially at the mercy of others.
I learned the hard way that people
Despite what they said can’t be trusted
I was better on my own,
Wandering the world, being me.
I was the oddity in a world of indifference
I lurched from one crisis to another
Always learning, being me.
I reached out one day
‘I hope you don’t mind me intruding’,
Discovered a real person
Not affected by society expectations
Not like other women
Happy being who she is
Never seeing me as anything more than me.
I rest now in her arms
I stand on my own two feet
I am a person, a man of integrity
Aware of my own self
I am the real me.
Written for: https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/music-friday-prompt-6-stand-up-by-hindi-zahra/
I like the real you! 🙂
Thank you lady lee he sits well with me too.
Standing ovation from this chair, Michael–Bravo, Bravo!!! Oh my, how this encourages me–thank you, again thank you.
Thank you so very much yours is a very encouraging comment….
150% sincere.
I always liked the odd ones!
Wow I feel in such good company…lol
You are Michael you are haha
It’s wonderful when you find someone who accepts you as you are, not for what you are not.
I can’t imagine you not being much more than enough, Michael. Just sayin’
Thank you Mandy. I do try.