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Constricted Carved Confines

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At what point in one's existence do they become hollow?
Set aside their passion, goals and dreams.
When does a person's dead end job become all they know?
Yet inside them remains a little voice that screams.

It's the voice that's always told them,
To go against the grain; to break the square frame.
It's the voice that's always told them,
To take the road less traveled; there's no shame.

They first tried to silence that little voice
When one by one other vicious voices came to play
And told them that their absolute best choice
Was surely to take the road most traveled, it pays.

They'd say to go to the college where your parents went,
They'd advise you to get a job behind a stable and sturdy desk.
They say you'll definitely never struggle to pay your rent,
If you put down your paint brush, and lay your dreams to rest.

"Never stray from punctual plan A," oh how they love to say,
And don't you dare color outside the lines,
For your life will most certainly be easiest this way,
If you stay within the constricted carved confines.
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Elgrig's avatar
Needs break ups.
This format will help me read better

"At what point in one's existence do they become hollow?
Set aside their passion, goals and dreams.

When does a person's dead end job become all they know?
Yet inside them remains a little voice that screams."