Poem

Being Different is Daring to Live

You think you know me
already etched your label on me.
Manifesting what you think
I will already be. 

As if I am so unrefined!

Dressing me up inside your mind,
with every outrageous 
assumption you find.
Comparing yourself to me,
smiling at every flaw in design.

As if Humanity could be so thin lined. 

Now that you know where I come from,
you think you know exactly where
I'm coming from!

They'll tell you "don't act so dumb,
follow the rules and you'll quickly succumb"
...To a life of servitude that is all but numb!

See how they make you dance?
"Look like me, act like me 
or you'll never have a chance!"

You think that the best follower could be a leader too?
This is the real world Sweetheart, were not high school.

Go on and play your safe game of being the same.
Use hate to hide the pain of being ashamed.
Blame the whole world for what you became. 

Instead of making it a reason to be the wings of change.

This poem is about how being different from everyone's expectations isn't wrong.  The "they" the writer refers to in the sixth and seventh stanza are those that are trying to make her acceptable by what society thinks.  By not conforming or succumbing to what society wants make one a conformist.

Lynn, Amber. "Being Different is Daring ." All Poetry 21 Feb. 2012: Web. 10 Mar. 2013. <http://allpoetry.com/poem/9396129-Being_Different_is_Daring_to_Live-by-Ambrea>.