I bleed just to know
That I am alive
Independently strong
Not part of the hive

Not steel and mechanics
Just flesh and bone
Existing with others
Yet ultimately alone

My body grows older
Being ravaged by time
Growing up’s not an option
It’s a hideous crime

You call this world normal
I say it’s insane
Living to work, working to live
How cruelly mundane

We all bide our time
Waiting for the change
Do you think in our lifetime
It will be in range

Begging and pleading
We hang onto hope
But I’ve found a new way
With all I can cope

Living for me
In this “abnormal” way
Is something that’s letting
My sanity stay

I walk around bare
My soul you can see
If you can get past
The outer shell of me

I am still a person
The same one you know
It is just some skin
I more easily show

I’m standing here now
With no place to hide
Looking forward to life
And the rest of the ride

Very nice write

very nice