I’m fed up

Fed up with people hiding their tears

Behind expensive sunglasses

On eyes outlined with black

Deception eyeliner

Fed up with people shielding

Their eyes from the black

Factories breathing in and out

And they’re hiding their boredom

Behind faked, amusement-filled

Smiles—sugar coated and topped

With cherry lip-gloss

Fed up with people not eating

Too many real cherries

Or fresh bread since

They have too many carbs

And they’re hiding their real values

Behind translucent brand labels

Not realizing originality

Can’t be bought from designers

Fed up with people wearing

What’s in instead

Of what’s right

And people hiding their heart

From what they love, painting

A careless look on with

Rose blush because they’re too afraid

Fed up with people getting their

Philosophies off

Of bumper stickers

Cuz a book’s too heavy

And they’re hiding their loose ends

Behind too-tight shirts and jeans

Showing more skin

Than sentimentality

Fed up with school “preparing” us

For the real world

Instead of showing how to change it

Cuz people are hiding themselves

Behind a mirror image

Of what they think society

Expects of them

But they’re losing the

Respect of society

Instead