Stages of Okay
When I was a kid my teachers said Sweet smart little child, you're so quiet and we're glad Go follow them, don't make a noise We'll give an A if you sit still
Little did they understand I was doing what I was thinking And I saw how having a personality could make a praise How shallow the adults are But I'm a good kid so that's okay
Soon I grew a little older the adults said Young lad with little sayings, you're so quiet but shine through Let's work it out for what you deserve Put you in the spotlight is all that matters
Little did they understand I was only being myself And nothing distracted me really from my busy vast mind How the adults never bothered But I loved it and that's okay
I came near to adulthood everyone said Where on earth has the potential gone All there's left is a brooding frame Look at me in the eyes, some said You're deep absorbed and now you're lost
Little did I understand They were doing what they always do The docile ones will gonna make it And not YOU! Not a misfit! Pride was their narrow standard Drowned in, overwhelmed, I wasn't okay
Now I'm an adult I've matured quite much Nobody tells me nothing but the world is too loud And so I whisper closely to myself, you're always thinking, am I doing right? Go write it down or you're forgotten All that I've learned is all that matters
Everything From everyone Through every time Any that exists by my birth To what ceases with my demise All becomes me
Do I ever understand Life isn't fair it's not about age And I just have to be okay Even when the world's not, I'll stand against it because I'm okay enough to be me!