Conformity, Moulds
I remember being told
Since I started joining letters together
I was taught to fit them into words, sentences, stanzas or paragraphs
Let your creativity flow they said
How was i to do so?
Just jumble up the words in the voice of another
Be anything but elementary
Use bigger words, a flowery language
Make your writing eloquent and exquisite
No one cares what you are writing as long as you're filling pages
Your poems should have symmetry
And your prose should be lengthy
Kudos! You got the highest marks
Does it end there? Is this what I perspire for?
At what liberty am I to use my creativity
If I can't make new words of my own?
Why aren't I taught that?
Why must I always fit my voice into poetry or prose?
Why must my handwriting be cursive and my poems have a rhyme scheme?
Why must I always conform to these moulds?
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