We are all desperately unique We are all crazy All awkward All different But the same We are all the loud one Because we fear the silence We are all the strange one Petrified of normal The out-of-control car Careening along It over-corrects Until it is too late Once All that was not perfect was unusual All that was unusual was wrong Now, all that is not outlandish is normal All that is normal is offensive Obscene to the eyes of those who cannot accept The beautiful alike Society has done away with the usual Cast out the status queue Spat upon the normal For it is the normal that is their nemesis It is the inconspicuous that shows their demons We are all the same None of us vary None different None strange We crave the attention Gasp in a mad scramble for beauty Desire We need to be different Grasping at qualities that are not there Not needed We ignore what exists Searching for what does not We desperately to change We must accept the mundane Embrace the usual For it is only in the usual, blank whiteness That colors can shine That the unique can flourish The car straitens We are not different We are the beautiful alike