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We are the people
We are the people
The people that destroy
The people that invent
The people that take
Anything we supposedly can’t
We are the people
That are forced to be divine perfection
That are forced to be a whole
Shunned if you can’t
Who are we anyway?
We are the people
That lock ourselves away
Frantically looking for happiness
Looking for comfort
Looking to burden others with our troubles, as if they don’t have any
We are the people
Who prioritize ourselves
Who sits in front of a piece of carefully assembled metal
Whose' life depends on what this metal says
Who wants fame and gratification from everyone and not within
We are the people
Who shy away from being different
Who wants nothing more than to accomplish their dreams
What's after the dream for them
Nothing?
We are the people
Who are foolish and naive
Who see others’ highlight reel
And compare it to our reality
Because we always search for more, of everything we can’t attain
Because we are the people.
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Sometimes I believe we rely too much on social media representing a fake image of others and make that a goal for what we want to be like. Sometimes standards laid out by others force us out of a dream that we want, and that isn't right.