The Same Rules Don't Apply To Everyone (Free Verse)

The Same Rules Don't Apply to Everyone

People say it's good to let it out,

Tell my story, my thoughts.

I've done it before, came back to haunt me.

Not knowing what I had done, they had already connected the dots.

I'm just a child, completely uncertain of what's right,

They used my true story and turned it against me, like a thief in the night.

I'm just a child, I love my parents,

My life all seems transparent.

I'm just a child, failing to lean on those who care,

Forced to deal with this myself, it isn't fair.

People say go with the flow,

Take life as it comes, it will be okay.

I've done it before, my life changed because,

A bear in hibernation, blind to what happens in the day.

I'm just a child, let loose, have fun!

A stereotypical child, am I normal, am I someone?

I'm just a child, can't make up my mind...

Forced to miss that step, grow up, leave youth behind.

I'm just a child, “adults know best.”

It's my future, my life, how 'bout what's on my chest?

Go with the flow.

Talk,

NO!!

All these things have backfired won't you agree?

How do you expect me to be open, and fly free?

I'm known to “bottle up,” keep to myself, have things in order,

All because of this, I've been burned over and over.

Then again, why are people so clingy?

-JP