Everyone is special, and everybody is unique.
Individuality truly makes the world go 'round.
However, it takes courage to show it.
As the years go by,
more and more people conform to society.
People are stripped of their unique styles and ideas,
the world is becoming bland.
Too many people are trying to impress strangers on the internet.
Supermodels and celebrities "set trends"
that so many people get hurt by while trying to imitate.
Little kids are being taught that being someone else is better than being themselves.
Teens and young adults are no longer themselves, but a mere mock of pop icons.
Photoshop makes people into who they're not, but who they wish to be.
Friends are friends with who they think they know, but no one really knows each other anymore.
People that were once known to you are now strangers.
It takes courage to show yours true colors around all the people that hide themselves behind broken masks and crooked curtains.
Me?
I was that way for a long while, always trying to be better than 'just me',
trying to fit in with the crowd.
I was blinded and broken by people who thought they were all that.
Being just like everyone else was a dream that I hoped to accomplish.
At one point, individuality was a thing of the past.
However, I've come to realize that being yourself isn't all that bad.
I have decided that showing courage is a necessity in life.
I was taught to be my own person,
to go against the grain of commerciality,
to live my life no matter who thought of me to be strange or different,
I think I will stick with it.
Have courage.