I live in a world that claims to be modernized

Where acceptance based on race, class, gender is all expected

Now realise, much to my demise

ACCEPTance is EXPECTed but in the end the majority is REJECTed

 

I live in a world that claims free speech

But if my opinion does not match yours

My words you will leech

Until my originality is no longer a reality 

 

You see free has a fee nowadays

Read the fine print

Walk far from the edge

On the same path that you used to reject

 

Don't be yourself thats overrated

What worth does your opinion have?

You can't make a statement

You're just a kid

Don't speak until your spoken to

Your worth is what they make of you

 

Well I refuse to accept this contempt and silencing

I am no longer a lamb

Lead by fear and intimidation

I am equal among man

I will help rebuid this nation

 

I am no longer afraid to speak

I will not be spoken to I will be spoken with

This is not my peak

But my upward journey still

 

Now sit and listen

And do not speak until spoke to

My words have for too long been cut off

Anixously waiting at the tip of my tongue

On the edge, ready to jump off

 

I disagree

I do not see the world through the same foggy lense as you

I cannot be

If you do not let me be myself through and through

 

I cannot be your perfect daughter

Unless you change your perception of perfection

To include all my disagreements and flaws

And not restrict me by your old-fashioned laws

Because I want to finally modernize this world

 

I want to live in harmony

Not merely pretend to be

And ignore all the seperation and distain amongest man

I want my freedom in the land of the free

 

My childern will not fear such oppression

They will not keep secrets from me in fear of rejection

They will be loved unconditonally

I wonder, could you ever do the same for me?