You never took a glance in the mirror
When you were naming all of the reasons I was insecure
In this friendship, in this life
My back, your knife

“She is clothed in strength and dignity”
yet society views her completely differently
A refusal to see her as an equal human being
To be punished for simply disagreeing

“She laughs without fear of the future”
yet society fills her head with words that abuse her
words to degrade her are everyday nouns
the only lesson society has taught her is to conceal her breakdowns
how is a little girl supposed to continue to grow,
when society has already planned her future to plateau

“she opens her mouth in wisdom”
yet society disregards her opinions as just plain dumb
she is unable to speak her own thoughts ‘due to religion’
but society is writing a new bible and calling it a pidgin

“and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue”
yet society doesn’t let her speak, thus her merciful words remain unsung
she could be used as a resplendent virtue towards peacemaking
and their refusal to let her preach is heartbreaking

“she looks well to the ways of her household”
yet everything about her humble abode has run cold
her daughters restricted to a life identical to hers,
her sons taught to be the paradoxical abusers

“and does not eat the bread of idleness”
yet when she does anything other than demanded,
she becomes associated with unrighteousness
she could grow and blossom to aid the earth
but society diminishes any of her self-worth

I know we haven’t talked in days
I still tell people you’re my closest friend
No matter how we change and go our separate ways
You’ll be the best friend even if this is how we end

I know we haven’t talked in months
I still tell people you’re my closest friend
No matter how we change and go our separate ways
You’ll be the best friend even if this is how we end

I know we haven’t talked in years
I still tell people you were my closest friend
No matter how we changed and went our separate ways
You were the best friend even though we’ve reached the end

Hypocrites everywhere, take a look around
In the mirror? One more for the list, write me down
Everybody says they want one thing yet do another
Everybody lies; nobody is real with each other
How do you live in a world where you never know the truth?
It’s a mystery, even for the most successful sleuth
So we keep on living, wandering about
Pretending everything is okay; that there is no doubt
When in reality all we do is second guess
Does anybody ever really try their best?
Who are they living for-their reputations or themselves?
Because all I see is social media and informative books that never leave the shelves
Everything we do now is immensely superficial
We even need Facebook for our relationships to become official
The slightest of mistakes and everybody is so quick to judge
They claim they’re open minded yet from their opinions they refuse to budge
So instead of agreeing with them, I decide to act out
I do everything I shouldn’t, hang out with people my parents warned me about
It was fun for a while, everything being so new
They were so protective and loyal too
But then one day things went wrong
I realized how astray my morals had gone
So I packed up my things and put that life behind me
Leaving your friends and habits behind isn’t easy
But it was for the best and now I’m a better person
But as time goes on, the nightmares worsen
I live life afraid of whom I was becoming in the past
Maybe one day I’ll conquer that fear at last
But until that day, I’ll work on staying away
Maybe one day I’ll meet another person who can keep my nightmares at bay
Because the only person who could do that for me-who could make me feel safe
Left me all alone in the cold, made me feel like a waif
So now again, I’m rebuilding myself
I’ve even begun taking some of the informative books off the shelf
I’ve met some people here who say they’ve got my back
But my heart doesn’t let me forget how bad it could hurt if they attack
So I keep my distance, at least for now
I bet one day I’ll let my walls down but right now, I just don’t know how