Here is the third poem inspired by
PoeWar's 30 Poems in 30 Days Challenge:
Little Box of Normal
I will never fit into your little box of normal
I’m sorry for this
But the box really is too small
There’s no room for my creative energy
For spontaneity or fun
The corners are really too sharp,
For they jab into reason and thought and questioning—
All activities I long to do
And when I ask the infamous gadfly question,
“Why?”
The lid of the box is closed entirely too tight
It suffocates curiosity, innovation
No light comes through
I’m sorry I don’t fit into your little box of normal,
That this colorful cloak of self
Just won’t fit into the beige categorization
That the levels of complexity that are me
Are too steep for the box’s height
That labels and understanding slide right off
That the closer you get to zero,
The farther from zero you realize you are
I will never fit into your little box of normal
Or any other box for that matter—
Put the labeling gun away
Lest it misfire—
I’m sorry I don’t fit into your little box of normal,
There isn’t room in it for me anyway.
