The way we look up to them

when we should be looking down

but in our mind, 

we are less

we are not enough

we try so hard

to chane.

They take our

opinions,

thoughts,

and our mind

away.

They paint a fake smile

as easy as they make us frown

we accept,

none of us realize

the torture,

the change,

the insecurity.

They know what they're doing

they want us to say,

"who am i now?"

They want us to ponder

if we are worth it

they want us to try

to be them

to satisfy them.

Fake laughs,

new friends,

more questions.

We are being

taken,

over.

By whom we want to be,

pulled on a leash,

by a leader that we want to please.

When will we realize,

that this is not,

who we want to be.

It's who we really are.