Lies


I didn't exist until they made me,
I was never afraid until they showed me,
I was never lonely until they left me,
I was never shy until the shunned me,
I was never lost until you found me,
I was never needed until you needed me.

I was never hurt until they pushed me,
I was never embarrassed until they laughed at me,
I was never beautiful until society pressed it upon me,
I never hid until they hunted me.

I never shone until you smiled at me,
I never excelled until they asked it of me,
I never wanted until they took from me,
I never struggled until they bound me.

I never smiled until they loved me,
I never laughed until they tickled me,
I never loved until you loved me,
I was never broken until you broke me.

I'm not me, I'm who civilization wants me to be.


By Akasha