Succeed as Yourself

Fight for the things that you believe in.
Don't let life's hardships beat you down.
You are not a failure until you give up.
Work hard and fight for your dreams.

Good things in life come with a price tag.
Pay the price for all that matters to you.
Some things that are worth the high cost.
Never settle for being average or normal.

Normalcy is overrated and for the sheep.
Be true to and celebrate your unique self.
Strive to be who you want to be always.
Don't listen to the naysayers and criticizers.

You will be unhappy living for someone else.
Not everyone is meant to be the same person.
We are all unique like the snowflakes falling.
Love who you are and be proud of your beliefs.

Feathers Of A Different Color

My feather is wild colored, narrow, and long.
My colors are not normally found in nature.
I am dyed, groomed and worn to perfection.

I am as uniquely patterned as a snowflake.
No two feathers are identical to each other.
Some are solid and others are patterned.

Some come from birds, others are manmade.
We all are our own beautiful image to behold.
Even when we are not considered trendy.

Whether feathers are in or not, we are still there.
Fishermen use us to help lure fish onto their lines,
Others wear us as accessories with their outfits.

Only the most beautiful prized ones are chosen.
The rest of us "rejects" are thrown into the trash.
All the pain of being plucked from birds useless.

No one stops to think where we really come from.
We help keep the birds warm and with their flying.
Many birds die when we are forced off of them.

Think some before wearing me or using me again.
I am more than just a feather to be used by you.
I am also something that the birds need to live.

Stopping the Shallow Judgements

Many people are walking around our neighborhoods.
They come in different colors, shapes, and sizes.
Most of them are perfectly decent, caring people,
Yet we judge many of them based on their appearance.

Often we hear people call someone fat, anorexic, tall,
short, weird, a freak, crazy, and all sorts of other insults.
We also judge individuals for simply being themselves
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Honestly, we are all to be unique and not like anyone.
We are not clones manufactured in a factory by machines,
We are creatures handcrafted by the universe’s creator.
So tired of these petty, shallow judgments made by others.

One should not be made fun of for being who they are.
Teasing one for their differences is like being in denial,
Denying that we are not the same as the person on TV.

Lets go back to looking at others based on how they act,
And the deeds they do for themselves as well as other people.
Appearances should not be a factor when choosing friends,
It matters how people treat us everyday, not how they look.