Repeated Runner Up Offender

I run run run up to the winners post

perhaps observing from my runner up space

because I just didn't hit the pace for 1st place

or second or third or that weird limbo list

or most liked.. you get the jist..

so I remain open

as I soak in

the winner's secrets

..that aren't secrets

with quotes found on top of Pinterest

where are the alliterations, the personifications?

the sanity questioning visuals tickling my imagination?

I'm not against a niche

but I'd rather be unique

than to water what I speak

"blood runs cold"...oh, bold

every line has been told

your version of "going deep"

I could google in my sleep

maybe it's me

because I just don't agree

with these social norms

that have been formed

along the line that you fell into

and I'm sure you're just so charmed

as I rant on and on

about the timing of our foods

but seriously, who made these rules?

(like why is it perceptible to eat donuts in the morning but cake is unacceptable, chicken is reserved for dinner but selectable for breakfast only and I mean only with waffles- yet cereal in the morning is respectable even though a bowl of sugar should be a delectable delectable dessert?! Not to mention, taking candy from strangers is the worst unless it's October 31st then it's ok.. this is my brain all day. Anyways..)

I don't mind

these rules being abided by

what I mind is never asking why

are you you or a modeled you?

living life on auto tune?

beliefs an heirloom passed from other realities

fragile. dusty. altered by generational fallacies

not born from malice or malady

yet not transformed by individuality

now worn as a whole, as a non-negotiable, as an identity

As for me, I side with intellectuality

Be.

be a reflector. a dreamer. an innovator.

a debator. a cycle breaker. for You Are Your Creator.