Contradictory Life

Contradiction.

I would be dead if I didn’t write,

But I hate writing essays.

I want to be the best,

But I like being lazy.

I try hard to be a good person

But my thoughts are worse than what I say.

Tainted, jaded no longer a baby

Yet polite and tactful, a full-grown lady.

Contradiction.

“Figure it out!”

But you better not fuck up.

“Get out and vote!”

But our vote doesn’t count.

“You have to wear white”

But I want to wear black.

“Listen to the government”

But they don’t tell the truth.

“Here, take this medicine”

But it will eventually kill you.

Aware yet faded,

no longer dependent

there’s a lot in the world

that needs to be mended.

The rules of society.

Scam after scam

Lie after lie--

Thieves at the top,

Honest at the bottom.

Tainted, jaded no longer a baby

Yet polite and tactful, a full-grown lady.

Contradiction.

By: Mary Carreon