Individuality is Sometimes Really Hard to See

Most of my poems are from what can best be described as my "Blue Period", aka "The Dark Year of the Restless Soul".

Individuality

Some days it gets

Real hard to see

So many folks say

"Act like me"

Or we will send you to

Some authority

Sounds to me

Like hypocrisy

Individuality

Everybody

Tries to be

Something that

They just can't see

So many people

Wanna be

Just like you

Or a bit like me

Looks to me

Like mediocrity

Individuality

We're not alike

It's plain to see

Let's just let

Each other be

We've all got

Different fantasies

Let's live them out

In harmony

© 2018 Hal Gall

Comments

Hal Gall (author) from Bloomington, IN on March 05, 2018:

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts.

Janis Leslie Evans from Washington, DC on March 05, 2018:

Great poem, very timely. If only we could reach that level of comfort to take off our masks and not try to live up to the standards of others and be accepted for our uniqueness. Thanks for sharing.