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By Marzi BanilohiPublished 5 years ago 2 min read
blinded by the Law

They ask me "what is my plan B?

If my plan A doesn’t pay my bills?"

They ask "Will I be able to pay a loan?

To a house that I don’t even own?"

They ask "Will I ever buy a car??"

As if my legs are not strong enough

It won’t get me far.

That my choices are always wrong.

Lead me to the wrong path.

Take me to lost lines.

They worry I won’t pass.

Pity my dependency.

Why I still live with family?

Who decides for my future?

How can I survive?

They want to hold my hands.

Keep spoon-feeding me,

Till my hair falls out.

They can’t read my mind.

These lessons I’m learning,

Define who I’ve become.

I keep learning,

Unlearning and Relearning.

Remove old habits.

Stay focused on each moment.

Capture my own vision,

Hidden in my mind.

I won’t let anyone

Who pretends the way of loving me

Is to take away my intuition.

My mission,

They get in the way, so I revision.

How do I walk on my road?

How I do it all alone?

So, I tell them the truth!

Nothing but the truth!

What if my plan A fails?

It's all good!

My plan B is to die!

My plan B is to push myself,

It's keeping me alive!

So I won’t live a life

Full of expectations.

I won’t live a lie

Full of hesitations.

Some people forget their dreams.

Busy with life under pressure

By brainwashed society.

Society is taken over

By the consumerism dream,

And modern-day technology.

We're all controlled by world leaders

It’s a cycle of repeat.

They push us into our misery,

Of modern-day slavery.

I put an end

With a bullet,

Until I’m lying in my grave.

My smiling soul will fly away

Fulfilled.

Satisfied.

That I didn’t let the devil eat my soul.

That I didn’t give in

To the banking system’s dream.

That I never got a credit card

Didn’t get a loan to an empty house.

Never fancied anything,

That driving away

In a swanky car

Is the taste of freedom.

Maybe I’ve lived being poor.

But I never get fooled

By the system of law!

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About the Creator

Marzi Banilohi

Im a dreamer

An aquarius who loves life

Creative mumma

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