Conformity
tardlz4207
May 23, 2008
Do you remember who I am?
Did you know that I miss you?
I know you've been changing because of what people have said to you, about you.
Watching you listen to that music you don't even know the words to. Listening to you say those things you and I both know are lies. Just so people would stop spreading rumors about you.
you know - i went through that last year. a lot of conformity because of what people would say about how i thought, how i acted. all that. so trust me when i say ive been through what you're going through.
and if you're even still reading, i want you to listen to me now.
be who you are. not who everyone else thinks you should be. i know it sounds cliche but its true. dont ever let someone tell you you're not good enough because of how you dress, what music you listen to, anything like that. because you are you, and you dont have to be "good enough" for them. because you're good enough for me.
I was always there for you. You were happy...
why do you think i love you? because you're the amazing person, no matter what.
not because you fit in.
not because you're just like everyone else.
not because you try to act the way that people want you to so they wont spread rumors about you.
Did you know that I miss you?
I know you've been changing because of what people have said to you, about you.
Watching you listen to that music you don't even know the words to. Listening to you say those things you and I both know are lies. Just so people would stop spreading rumors about you.
you know - i went through that last year. a lot of conformity because of what people would say about how i thought, how i acted. all that. so trust me when i say ive been through what you're going through.
and if you're even still reading, i want you to listen to me now.
be who you are. not who everyone else thinks you should be. i know it sounds cliche but its true. dont ever let someone tell you you're not good enough because of how you dress, what music you listen to, anything like that. because you are you, and you dont have to be "good enough" for them. because you're good enough for me.
I was always there for you. You were happy...
why do you think i love you? because you're the amazing person, no matter what.
not because you fit in.
not because you're just like everyone else.
not because you try to act the way that people want you to so they wont spread rumors about you.
i love you for the true you.theres nothing that can change that fact. if you try to conform and be like everyone else, then you're just being another cookie cutter product of society. you are a very beautiful person yourself. who you are naturally is the most beautiful you can be. when you're being who you know you really are and not giving a damn what other people think about you. thats true freedom.
in my opinion, a person who can be their own and really and truly NOT care about the negative things people say is the most free and smart person out of us all.
theres this pressure, especially on young girls this generation, to be the ideal. to be good at everything and to be pretty and to fit in and get boyfriends, or else we might as well not be women.
you know what i say to that?
fuck. that.
we dont have to be perfect. its better if we're not. because it means we're REAL.
example: i listen to mcr everyday and i sing along. i sound really bad when i sing due to an illness i had. i get told "thank god you're not in chorus" a lot and it took me a long time to accept things like that, but now i have gotten the strength to say to them "yea, i know. so fucking what. i sing because i love this song and it makes me happy. yes its a weird song but i like it, so bugger off." and they leave me alone. truly.
so the point of this whole long thing is just to be you're own person for YOU, not for anyone else. because i love you because you are you and no one else.
-sarah, xoxo
If you ever want to talk to me again, you know I'll always be right here.
I always was.
And even though you have rejected me because they, your new friends, have.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm the real you.
The person that's hiding under these clothes that don't fit right. Under this over-dieted, over-cometiced skin.
I'm the one that you tried to kill because of how people looked at me.
in my opinion, a person who can be their own and really and truly NOT care about the negative things people say is the most free and smart person out of us all.
theres this pressure, especially on young girls this generation, to be the ideal. to be good at everything and to be pretty and to fit in and get boyfriends, or else we might as well not be women.
you know what i say to that?
fuck. that.
we dont have to be perfect. its better if we're not. because it means we're REAL.
example: i listen to mcr everyday and i sing along. i sound really bad when i sing due to an illness i had. i get told "thank god you're not in chorus" a lot and it took me a long time to accept things like that, but now i have gotten the strength to say to them "yea, i know. so fucking what. i sing because i love this song and it makes me happy. yes its a weird song but i like it, so bugger off." and they leave me alone. truly.
so the point of this whole long thing is just to be you're own person for YOU, not for anyone else. because i love you because you are you and no one else.
-sarah, xoxo
If you ever want to talk to me again, you know I'll always be right here.
I always was.
And even though you have rejected me because they, your new friends, have.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm the real you.
The person that's hiding under these clothes that don't fit right. Under this over-dieted, over-cometiced skin.
I'm the one that you tried to kill because of how people looked at me.
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