The Nonconformist Poem by Dairedee BurrisLandwehr

I am the downfall of the hierarchy.
I bring powerful figureheads to their knees.
I am the one who is held responsible
Though my crime is the opening of eyes
I create understanding and bring about knowledge
I am feared
I am hated
I am celebrated
I create mass hysteria. I make and break lives.
I can give you the power of sight.
Or I can take away all that you hold dear.
People label me, but I have no name.
I am faceless.
And yet I am the face of everyone.
And yet I am no one.
I am a thought. An idea. Anything previously
Squished. Stamped out. Eradicated. Forbidden.
I am an abstract concept, working concretely.
I am change. I am revolution. Evolution. Mutation.
You know me and want to be me.
You envy me. You are jealous of me. I hold your attention.
Do I? Do I have your attention yet? Are you listening?
I am a myth. I am a fact. I am Life. I am Death
To those who don’t know of me I am a myth.
But to those who know me personally, I am very real.
You don’t know me and don’t care.
Or you know me and are terrified.
I you are option B, I have taken over your life.
You already are me, or you want to bring me down.
My power is your helplessness. Your power is my argument.
The corporate world leashes me with a tie.
A suit. A nametag. Hairnets. Aprons. Uniforms.
There is no room for color. Expression. Ideas. Thoughts.
Unification. Organization.Corporation.
an amalgamation of deterioration.one soul at a time.
Brain by brain by brain. Normality is a disease.
I am the cure. I give people back themselves.
Hello, I am in your face. I am nonconformity.
Embrace me. Or pay the price.
Ignorance is no exception. You suffer without me.
You may or may not be aware; of your soul dying.
But it is. I am the rule breaker. Fun maker. Forsaker.
I am always around. I am the voice in the back of your mind.
Let me out; and see the world as it could be.
Go on. Live.