boxes

always wanting to do

something crazy

something to myself

wearing my culture on my sleeve

my engendered self

i struggle against what i've always known

or never will

intense

and uncomfortable in my own skin

brainwashing myself into disbelief

wearing nametags and history

acting or reacting with conditioned silence

trying to find like minded confusion

i look for answers never meant to exist

labeled boxes stacked up in a row

i'm kicking them apart

searching for the one i fit in

don’t think it, don’t even try

just take all you’ve learned

and stuff it down deep inside

everything is fine, everything is fine

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