#standards poems on Hello Poetry

Tapiwa Individualist Jul 2015

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Living like everything is all right,
Accepting the wrong as the norm,
Being controlled by beings with no good principles,
Life under total moral decay,
Very saddening,
But we as individuals can make a difference by starting with ourselves,living rightly hence inspiring others,
Nothing is too small to be rewarded with great results.

#life #standards #principles

Amber Rush May 2015

Where did I go ?

The higher the standards the harder the fall
The lower the standards your already face down on the ground several months in wondering how in the hell did I get here.

Well it probably started out something like this.
We were friends in the Beginning
Then I wanted more.
I got curious.
I got attached
Now I'm stuck in some fantasy world
It's a nightmare called reality
The feelings too hard to shake
I can't breath, almost suffocating
My mind is frozen with visions of you dancing around in my head. You're nothing but a blur and I'm stuck in this high
Slap me please, snap out of it!

Where did I go?
Must of stepped out and let love take over

#love #life #fall #hurt #emotion #like #stuck #standards

Dat Boi May 2015

People Will

People will hate you
People will rate you
And compare you to others
They will try to smother your light
With their blankets of lies
And hatred

But you have to remember,
That it isn't up to them what you are,
Who you are,
What you can do.

And you have to remember,
That you are a red rose,
Beautiful and strong.
Whoever you are,

**Wherever you are

love yourself/and love others/don't spread *******

#good #society #people #stop #no #for #self-love #hating #standards

Stephanie White May 2015

Society Vs Your Health

I don't understand, according to society, the new look is your ribs poking out of your chest and having a thigh gap as wide as the grand canyon. Do people not realize that isn't healthy! I want to see curves, not the curvature of your bones! You don't need to lose a meal in hopes of being pretty, you don't need to cake your face with make up. Beauty is all about who you are, not about your skeleton or the brand of makeup you use. Beauty isn't forcing yourself to throw up, it's eating more healthy food and saying a big "*******!" to the few who try to call you otherwise. **** society, make your own standards.

#society #standards #mostlyaboutwoman

Daron Bigby May 2015

Life's Manual

This life didn't come with a manual
We're forced to manually go through its ups and downs
Getting spun around on society's notion of how to live
You see, society works like a model T factory
Trying to put us down a conveyor belt
Place us in a mold and push us out like that's really how we're supposed to be
They told me I need to graduate high school at 18 Finish college at 22
Then go to work wearing a tie in a cubicle
They told me I need to provide for a wife and two kids
Bring home the bread in the form of 5-6 figures
But here's what they didn't tell me
They didn't tell me what to do when college tuition was raised again
I mean I'm already eating three square meals of ramen noodles just to make the payments
They didn't tell me that the one class I need to graduate is no longer offered
So I came all this way just pick another major
They also didn't tell me that they only hire people with experience
Now I'm stuck with a piece of paper and mountain of debt
And it's one of the best kept secrets that society tried to hide the horror
That I paid 100 grand to say can I take your order
They also didn't tell me that it's hard to find my queen
In the sea of self-entitled princesses that only want my money
They want relations, they don't want relationships
They crave the attention but none of the commitment that comes with it
Society is so focused on creating a perfect standard of living
That they forgot to tell me what to do when it perfectly unravels in front of me
And they continue to push people out of the factory
While I'm swimming in the byproduct they conveniently left me
This life didn't come with a manual
So society can't fool me by creating rules on how to live
Because racial divides say we stereotypically live differently
Yet they continually expect us to live equally
I dared to be different and chose to live for me
I was sick of living vicariously through the rules of society
And decided I am the pilot to my own destination
Flying to my own creation of life
After all, this life didn't come with a manual

#life #society #standards #manual

K Apr 2015

The Normal Ones

The thought of being normal sounds terrifying
you have to do certain things that should reach standards
beyond the rules are completely insane
and theres limitations in accordance to your flight of ideas
How can you lock yourself?
Why are you doing this?
And then after many years...
Youll regret most of your life decisions
and imagine the what-ifs that should be done.

#life #imagination #normal #decisions #insane #ideas #standards #limitations

Cierra Spina Apr 2015

Limitless

I use the word no
As a tool
Of self-empowerment
Saying it
Just to stand strong
Not giving in
Setting boundaries
Where I please
Allowing myself to consider
I realize that I
Have options beyond measure
No reason to settle
My standards don't
Seem so high
Since I've learned to treasure
Myself
I make things
On my own terms
Why set limits

#no #selflove #potential #standards #limitless #usingmywords

Gul e Dawoodi Apr 2015

The Double Standards

How inhumane is the human,
Angels must be laughing
The Globe is a mess,
For them it must be shocking

Every year the child celebrates Mother's day ,
But the respect for her with every passing day is reducing
What a great love for mother this is, angels must be mocking

A law has been issued for everyone,
But I don't see anybody following
What's wrong with the human?
Angels must be talking

Double standards are infinite . Keep it up people!

#human #respect #standards #inhumanity

Meg Howell Mar 2015

Paradoxical

Society is a paradox
body shaming those who are
"too thin"
or
"overly thick"
Everyone lives behind a
plastic bubble
known as social media
lacking authenticity
& practicality
*** is nothing but a "game"
and dormancy is encouraged
while being fit & healthy is the ultimate title
If you believe in something you are told to proclaim it
unless it's not what the world wants you to say
Are these really social norms?

Our culture is something I will never understand. Oppression is so prevalent. Some may say it isn't that bad, but in reality we live in an insane world. All the more to write about though.

#world #society #normal #culture #paradox #stability #standards