I hope you never reach
The day
Where you are lost for words
Because they're tangled up in
Agony.

I hope you never reach
The point
Where your innocence of
The world is
Robbed.

I hope you choose
Your friends and
Lovers wisely
So that you never have to
Discover what it feels like
To see those who you believed
Would take a bullet for you
Dance behind the
Trigger.

Would you still sing your tune
If they told you that you would never be a bird?
Would you still shout your opinion to the world
If they told you that you would never be heard?

Would you still stand tall
If they told you that you would never be the tallest?
Would you still voice your voice
If they told you it would always be the smallest?

Would you still let it shine
If they told you that your love was a crime?
Would you still spread your love all over the land
If they told you spreading hate was a much better plan?

Would you still be brave and proud and strong
If they told you that to be a bird you would have to sing a
Much different song?

I floated and drifted
Uncontrollably
Passing through memories and thoughts
I held back tears
Watching
They slipped by
But new ones came into view
And I watched
I smiled
I laughed
I cried
I saw red
I hid behind the shadows
I voiced my opinion
I loved
I obsessed
I envied
I tested limits
I grew up
I developed individuality

I lived

I felt the emotions it takes a lifetime to gather

And I died