We Are The Misfits

to be one way seems so unnatural to me
definitions, i do believe, cause limits
why fall victim to being a limited person
when you can say, think, be as you choose to be
daily
monthly
a lifetime

it has rubbed me in such a disturbing way
to be given the title
hippie
to be given the title
hipster
to even be given the title
artist

the world can view you any way it wants to
just like anything else it is simply...
interpretation
interpretation is a beautiful thing, yes!
but why fall victim to being a limited person

as a description, you can call me anything
describing me to an outside source
you can call me anything

but if you choose to tell me who i am
i shake my head
not to be individualistic
but to be realistic

see, there is a class of people
maybe we really all do belong to a class of people
certainly that's how people have chosen to look at it
no matter what, it brings comfort
to classify
to categorize
but why fall victim to being a limited person

i can tell you what i am, if you are confused
i am
a misfit

a misfit is everything
a misfit is vulnerable
a misfit dresses according to that day's inspiration
a misfit is all of the people put together
marches to the beat of not their own drummer
but simply to the rhythm of their own lives

i don't want to be around people who are like me
i don't want you to agree with me on everything
and i certainly don't need the tension of creative competition
based on category

but who i choose to spend my time with are not "my people"
they are only who i choose to be with on that particular day
and they, themselves, have found themselves jiving to this misfit--with their misfitted self

the music i listen to compliments me on the individual day
and my self-expression through fashion and art is simply based on that moment's feelings
channeled through whatever i see, or a misfit sees, as necessary

just wandering
wandering
wandering around

hipsters inspire me
skateboarders inspire me
mothers inspire me
monks inspire me
but i am none of those things
because i am all of those thing
...'cause when i take a moment to stop thinking so hard, i come to understand that
i don't want to fall victim to being a limited person