When I was young

When I was young, I was an outcast.
My ideas where shamed.
My creative impulses where suppressed.
I didn't feel like me.

I was stripped of my identify.
I was my mothers daughter.
I was my fathers son.
I did not get to choose.

When I was young, I was the trouble kid.
My actions were frowned upon.
My motive where unclear.
I didn't know who I was.

When I was young, I was afraid of my own dreams.
I was told I would not be anybody.
I was told that my dreams were worthless.
I was alone.