The effect of authority on a helpless soul...

They don't see the flame in your eyes dying,
As they tell you that you can't do it.
They don't see your heart shrivel up,
As they tell you you're not good enough.
They don't see your hope fading,
As they tell you that you'll never be.
All they see, when they look at you,
Is an alien face, one who dares to be different.
Change scares them and they decide to supress it...
Supress you.
At first you fight back,
But they become too strong,
Too powerful in their taunting,
And each viscous word
Drives a knife deeper into your heart,
Killing you, slowly, surely.
But all they see, is normality,
And success in converting you into one of them,
Caging your free spirit.
And they don't realise,
That with every tear they made you cry,
A part of you escapes,
To leave behind a shell.
Human flesh and bones...
With the life they sucked out,
Dead and burning in the fire they lit.