They

Things that I learned as a child / adult and now, words that I heard them say and started to believe as true.

You look like a boy
You're lazy
You're too insecure
you're dishonest
you're chubby
you're skinny
you have a lot of acne
you're let men in too quickly
you're too different
you're too clingy / needy
you need to grow up
you're too emotional
you're too moody
you rely on ________ too much
He can't give you what you need
If we don't do _________ for you, no one will
Why couldn't you be smarter like your sister?
you're a "satisfactory" student
you don't apply yourself
you can make money from art
you never have any money
you can't ever trust anyone %100
you're too fat
I can't trust you
you have a big mouth
you don't come to see me enough, you don't care about me.
you let me down
you're not good enough

My response: This is the closest I could come to releasing all this crap. I never realized that I took these words to be my own truths. It's time to let them go...

"They" by Jem

Who made up all the rules
We follow them like fools
Believe them to be true
Don't care to think them through

And I'm sorry so sorry
I'm sorry it's like this
I'm sorry so sorry
I'm sorry we do this

And it's ironic too
Cause what we tend to do
Is act on what they say
And then it is that way

And I'm sorry so sorry
I'm sorry it's like this
I'm sorry so sorry
I'm sorry we do this

Who are they
And where are they
And how can they possibly
know all this
Who are they
And where are they
And how can they possibly
know all this

Do you see what I see
Why do we live like this
Is it because it's true
that ignorance is bliss

Who are they
And where are they
And how do they
know all this
And I'm sorry so sorry
I'm sorry it's like this

Do you see what I see
Why do we live like this
Is it because it's true
that ignorance is bliss

And who are they
And where are they
And how can they
know all this
And I'm sorry so sorry
I'm sorry we do this