i will not stay in this city of tradition
it is only stone statues who inhabit it now
slowly building a wall with where their lifeless bodies
lay on top of each other until all of time can not get in
only tradition
in the city where i have been held down and force-fed
tradition for 18 years
released at 18
but to what?
for i am only a bi-product of tradition
all i can feel is
tradition
all i can love is
tradition
all i can taste is
tradition
all i ever will be is
tradition
i am
tradition
controlled
enforced by the dictators called parents
do you know me?
you do not know me!
i only know me
you only know you
please leave me
let me be
let me live
let me thrive

let me go

alas i am cold i am stiff
i am stone
i am
resilient
i am
individual
i am
human
i am warm
burning
turning
yearning
leaving
finally leaving
they did it
im free
free to be
they let go of
me