Normal
What is Normal?
Normal is a dangerous concept
Normal is like toxic waste
That has been dumped into our water supply
Slowly eroding our minds for generations
The concept of normal is meant to bully us into submission
Normal has caused so much damage
How many children
Have been made to feel completely alone
Because they weren’t normal?
And they are made to feel as if
They have no one to turn to
As if it is somehow their own fault
For simply being who they are
How many children never reach adulthood
Because they were made to feel
As if no one cared about them
As if everyone hated them
As if they have nothing to give to this world
That it would be better off without them in it
That this is their only option
That it is the only way to end the pain
And suddenly those who cast them out
Grow so sympathetic
And they cry out that this is such a tragic loss
And they can just sit there and act
As if the blood isn’t on their hands
How many adults are made to go through this?
How many people?
How many souls are made to suffer
Because of Normal?
But what even is Normal?
Normal is an impossibility
Every single person
No matter how “normal” they might seem
Is different and unique in their own way
And if everyone is different
How can there be a Normal?
Normal is an impossible concept
Used to frighten the masses into compliance
And so many cling so desperately to this concept
They shrink back in fear
From those who do not fall into
The confining definition of their prison
They think that the bars on their windows
Are to keep the freaks out
When really they’re there to keep them in
But those of us they look down upon for being different
Are truly free
We have accepted ourselves for what we are
We have accepted ourselves for our own beautiful chaos
We are able to see a different world than they are
We are able to see the world
For all its beautiful differences, oddities, and unpredictabilities
They see the world through a tainted lens
And they are unable to see the truth
And perhaps
They never will
And so if you have ever been made to suffer
By those who call themselves normal
Know this
There is nothing wrong with who you are
Because what you are is beautiful
And if they cannot see that
Then it is truly their loss