"This is who I am"
I hear the doubt in your words
From the other side of the screen
Like a moment of silence
Where we've stopped our typing

"Is it not right?"
You ask again and I pause

I pause, not because I'm debating
What to say
To be polite...no
Because there's nothing to be polite about
Love isn't polite
Love is raw
So why should we sugar coat?

I pause because I don't know
How to explain to you
That you're perfect
The way you are and you
Shall be loved
The way you are
Because quite frankly
Even I've struggled to accept
All that I am
All that I do
And I wish someone
Would've told me then
That it's okay,
That it's okay to be who I am
It's okay to be who you are
To not conform to rules
Rules that are set by people
People like us
Who might have
Wanted to break out themselves

My fingers hover over the keys
Typing furiously
Things I've never said
Out loud before
All open to you

"Is this wrong?"
Your texts whisper
Whisper the same question
I've asked myself over and over
Why am I deviant?
Why am I different?
Am I just not normal?
But now I know
I am as normal as I am
You're as normal as you could be
Because normal is relative

Who decides right or wrong?
Who decides normal?
There's nothing that's conventional
Yes...traditional definitely
People pleasing definitely
Please the society?... Yes

But they don't care what pleases you
What you want,
Nobody will ask
They didn't ask me, nor you,
Nor the thousand other youngsters
In their adult years
Too young to be responsible but
Too old to throw tantrums
So why do we need to address them
Ask them what they want?

Self acceptance is one of
The toughest things out there
But trust me I'm here
We're in it together
You and me, just being us
Being real, being imperfect
Being genuine to ourselves
Trying to be the square pegs
In the round gaps of the society

But it's really okay to not conform
Because you're unique
And uniquely happy

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