Shadows

It makes me so depressed

When did you become so obsessed

With attention instead of substance?

All I want is distance

From people who can’t self reflect

And always seem to deflect

Sucking the life out of me dry

Just to feel a high

No, I don’t want to stay

Why do I have to pay

For your trauma and mistakes?

Maybe one day, your conscience awakes

You’ll realize you’re just like the people you hate

Was it inevitable, was it fate?

In their shadow, you seem to revel

Against the cycle, you don’t rebel

If you want to be free

You will you have to see

That being a victim doesn’t justify

Becoming the aggressor,

That being silenced

And being cornered

Doesn’t mean you become the oppressor