We think to ourselves
Oh, it's just a cigarette or a drink
We think that it won't hurt us at all
That we are invulnerable to sickness and pain

However, I know that that is not the case
we are all just only mortal
and that one just for fun pack or keg
could turn into your funeral

My grandfather died from drinking and smoking
That's why I'm writing this now
He had cancer from smoking, addiction from drinking
And it cost him his life with everyone knowing why and how

Peace
Such an important thing
Peace
It is not very present in life's mix

War
A sadly important word
War
It is all too present in our world

Get a good job
On the test get an A
These things are what they want of us

These things are told to us
by people like
our teachers, friends, and family

The important thing is to remember
That they cannot dictate our lives
That is what we are supposed to do

I feel like I'm lost
like I'm drowning in a sea of sorrow
I feel like almost everyone just mocks
Instead of helping me to reach tomorrow

However there is one person
who helps me to not be sad
and who can help me learn
how to not be sad or mad

Why can't we just be ourselves
This is what I ask myself everyday
I feel like we just need a little help
To be not just a piece in some hay

Why do we change who we are
To fit into the social norm
Why is life kind of like a farm
producing ideas that are all uniform

We need to break down the barriers
That prevent us from being ourselves
We need to respect our peers
And make more room on the social shelves

Every single day
We may ask ourselves this
Why do we slave away
Learning things that in the future we will just reminisce

Why do we spend
7 or 8 hours a day
learning things that most of which will
Never earn your pay

This answer to this is simple
and this answer is
It will teach things that will enable
us to understand what someone discreetly says

Friends are the people who help you
Get through the most difficult things
They don't just stand there like a statue
They help you keep your heart strongly beating

The sad thing is though
that not everybody has them
They might just be waiting for someone like you
To help regrow their broken off stem