Month: January 2017

Surviving
By saying the socially accepted things
In the socially funny ways
And the weird things
Without being too weird

Mastering it
Playing the game
Becomes survival
But also a prison
Of dependency

And an inner knowing
That I have to keep playing that game
Or I will be rejected

And knowing
That I am loved for how I play
Not for who I am
Lonely
In my prison
What good is being loved for how I play?

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