Anthem

I will not be the direct image of you.

I am not someone who is dismissive.

I am unapologetic and defiant.

I will never be submissive,

I will not allow it become subsequent in my brain.

I will never be compliant,

I am not someone who you can tell who to be,

I am not someone who you can tell what to say.

I will stay the stedfast solider,

That you will never break.

The decades of heartache within your genes,

You don't get to release it all on me.

I wasn't equipped to handle your fall,

nor was I ever allowed to just simply be.

Oh, the pitiful cries inside your voice,

when you came to realize you won't be a part of my choice.

Inside of me I've always had a choice,

to never make a sound,

or to make myself proud.

So I sing my anthem,

so loud.

Just not proud,

because I know that deep inside,

I am someone who likes to hide.