Him against society

He is not himself to the world

He is what people expect him to be,

Being a person that is a photocopy

Of a prototype of societies specifications.

Society has evolved in such a way

That every participant is measured,

Weighed and weighted

Against a chart that years ago

Would be thought absurd-

In the extreme.

One should wear this,

Act like that

And speak in such a manner

She decrees, she being society

And society´s muscle coming

From people who hold power

Of the influential and material

Means, only without a thought

Of the ramifications of such rules

And choices of deportment.

A person can only be mindless

To a moment in time

Where freewill emerges

And attacks all that he knows

And starts setting new boundaries,

New wants and listens

To the needs of the individual.

These few who go the mile full

And not just a meter within

Society’s restrictions are criticized

And excluded; ignored and prejudiced.

He has had enough of following the flow,

Being told where to be

And how to get there.

He dresses to suit his frame of mind

For each specific day.

Being his choice black or such

For darkness, contrast and control.

He feels powerful in his choice

And accepting of her treatment

Of him in the future.

She will pressure him and hurt him

With barbs of poison sweetly coated

In suggestive comments and finely

Veiled sneers when he is still within earshot.

He will be tempted to return to her

And be normal on many an occasion

But even if he did she will still remember

And remind him of his errant ways.

If he is as strong as his soul suggests

He will hold onto what he is

And express it to the world;

Working around obstacles that will appear

Due to the ignorance of others

Because of their trust in her.

But he who lives well with himself

In the way he wants,

When his days are at a close;

Spears a light through her

And starts her transformation

Of acceptance and change

To welcome and include

Others like him.

If she is not careful he will overpower her

And become her

Leaving her to battle as he has done

To regain a balance that benefits

Both of them-

But that is impossible;

Yet he will always argue

That impossible is nothing.