Why does society pressure us?
Why do our parents pressure us?
Why do we pressure ourselves
into this endless cycle of routine?
It first starts like this
Go to school
Play
Eat
Do homework
Then slowly play time gets cut short and then cut off.
And the cycle becomes
Learn
Eat.
Learn
Do homework
until near summer a new twist is added
Tests.
This cycle can be dangerous.
It slowly kills us.
Mentally.
Physically.
Creatively.
And even Emotionally.
We are told to go to school and graduate.
But what for?
To not be poor?
To follow a routine?
To become poor, and in debt?
This seems like one big scene.
The thing that they don't tell us is follow your dreams.
Do what you love.
Find your passion.
But when they do sometimes it is too late.
That's the reason why most of us feel like lost lambs when we reach
the place everyone's been pressuring us to go.
Sometimes we aren't even lost
because to be lost one needs to have had a flock or a calling
Ultimately those who are already dead, just go along and finish
then they are trapped into a new routine,
Work.
Work.
Work.
Eat.
Rest
Repeat.
Some of are brave enough to just not even try,
to not follow this routine because they discover that they do not want to follow it,
but then there are others who are too shy,
too scared to disappoint their parents.
So tell me,
Why does society pressure us?
Why do our parents pressure us?
Why do we pressure ourselves
into this endless cycle of routine?
They pressure us because they think it is best for us. Because they know what it is like to not work or graduate or have a house ...they think it is the only way but maybe it isnt the only way. They stick to the routine because they are afraid of going outside of that, it might be the only way they know how, maybe its easier. But, if you want to stray from that routine the only one stopping you is yourself, dare to be different,dare to try the more difficult path and maybe in the end it will be the most rewarding thing. But, if you dont try you will never know.
ReplyDeleteGood poem :)