A Little Peculiar

The eleventh hour
These vultures feast on you
When their slander seems sensible
To race, sex, personality

They smack you around
Better to keep your high’s down low
Cause you were born different
A glitch in the system

So you withdraw
Club soda the evidence
Flinch and cast your eyes down

They taught you that
Your enemies are born within
And when you swing they walk on by
Supplied the doubt for free

The waking moments
Memories sear your insides
Cause rumors spread like wildfire
Drowns your self esteem

So you go in pity
And your stomach turns
Lipstick smears into revulsion
The lies they have told

There’s no way out
Dreams thrown to the side
Pulling tired veins with your teeth

They taught you that
Your enemies are born within
And when you swing they walk on by
Supplied the rope for free

You’ve lived and learn
Slashing to the point of no return
Sometimes pain don’t hurt
The horror of being

Don’t you submit too soon
Become the rust that salts their gears
Better to linger then not at all
Announce to the world

Don’t you crawl for them
Don’t just survive on the scraps
Don’t be a statistic that has no name

Fight with every breath
Take it on no matter the end
Get back up even when you can’t