If life was fair would we all not be perfect
Dressed in tight clothes and most of them too revealing, with
chains that hang low and tattoos with deeper meanings
If we were perfect than I promise, life would be fair
The eyes of your foes can see through the walls
You're not alone in your skin, you're not as free as before
So you shape your identity to meet their desires
Would we all not be perfect if life was fair?
You change your walk and the way that you talk
You smile alone, you change your appearance, your
hair, your clothes, the way you stand. I promise you
that their love for you is a figment of your imagination
You could climb a mountain or **** it's lions
Sail the sea or swim in it's oceans
You can walk a mile or even a thousand
Whoever you're trying to impress doesn't bare any ***** for you
If life was fair, we'd all be perfect, however,
if you seek perfection then I know
your identity is shaped by how others view you
Do not our imperfections make us perfect
If life was fair
then what would be the use of living.
The title speaks about how we think that everyone sees and cares about our every movement. So we feel a bit of insecurity or unsure about ourselves, and that leads us to become people that we're really not in order to meet everyone's desires.
Line 1: Rhetorical Question.
Line 2 & 3: Speaks about what we result to, convincing ourselves that it's the right thing to do because people say so. How we show off too much in order to get reassured by total strangers because we were never given compliments as we grew up. That tattoos are a great way to show love for someone or something you've lost, while really, a way of showing love is to heal and move on.
Line 4: Rhetorical Question.
Line 5 & 6: Speaks about how we convince ourselves that people can see our every move, whether we're at home or somewhere private. So we start to resent doing the things that make us happy, you hate reading or watching movies, or even liste to your favorite music, all because you think people see and judge you, every moment. Even when you try to revert back to the things you love, you don't feel as comfortable anymore.
Line 7: Speaks about how you change to please others.
Line 8: Rhetorical Question.
Line 9, 10 & 11: Speaks about all the sudden changes you make to your body, and the extra things you do to yourself, to please other. All of that just because you want to impress people who will never be impressed. About how you seek the attention of people who never noticed just because you thought they notice you.
Line 12: No one saw you, no one cares. All the people who you're trying to get the attention of don't really care
Line 13 - 16: Tells you that you can attempt to do the inevitable for someone or a certain minority of individuals but you will still be disregarded because at the end of it all, no one asked you to do those things.
Line 17 - 19: The honest truth about you people who seek fir reassurance from other people.
Line 20 - 22: Rhetorical Question.
The poem is a free verse poem, it has no specific rhyme pattern, or specific number of lines per stanza. The poem runs through with lines that have enjambement, symbolizing how this trend of self conflictment continues to become a rising pandemic. Makes you realize that people don't care about your appearance, and that if someone wants you to change, they will never think you're enough.
