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Oct 2014
I blame you for everything that is wrong on this planet I
Blame you for the feeling you inject in me everyday
A dose of fear and loathing to despise myself even more
It doesn't matter
How beautiful I am, how nice I am, how respectful I am
YOU
Resent me and make me abhor myself to feel better
You are popular and yet the message you send across those who love you is to
CHANGE everything you are to be someone else because
I am not perfect the way I am
I
Think by myself
Reject your opinion
Vote against you
Resist the pressure to be perfect I
Am courageous enough to protest and
Yell out loud everything that is wrong with the system I
Am no longer vulnerable I no longer
Doubt myself
Fear you
I make my own choices and I resist
YOU ATTACK US
WE WILL FIGHT BACK
The words carved in stone
Magazines
Ads
Commercials
Tv
everywhere
Are washed away by thousands of steps taken to drown you
With our voices we drown you
With our voices we yell out that it takes
Courage
Love
Empathy
Strength
Audacity
Determination
Tenaci­ty
To endure the constant pressure to be better than who we already are and
We will not stand for it anymore
We refuse you
We take over
We
Are a two letter word that describes your end as we stand together against
You
May be one letter stronger than
Us
But we won't give up on our freedom
We have fought forever and forever we will continue
To make you realize
We
Are stronger than
You
Can't win.
Turn Off The Lights
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Turn Off The Lights  UK
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