Special Snowflakes

I think there’s two ways to exist in this life,

and it ain’t all that easy to pick which is right.

Do you fit yourself in where you know there’s a gap?

or create for yourself a new spot on the map?

If you’ve got no direction and a mold-able form

or a shape that is solid but fits some kind of norm,

then the answer is clear and your path is ahead,

and you don’t need to wonder where to fit in instead.

Or if driven by vision you’ll bulldoze your way.

It’ll happen eventually if not today.

But what if you’re hanging somewhere in between?

You’ve got your odd edges, you’re not plasticine.

Your talents aren’t suited to worldly demands

and no Greater Purpose is holding your hand.

Will you shave off your edges and shove yourself in?

Accept you dull fate and find meaning within?

We’re all special snowflakes these days are we not?

And no one prefers to be stuck in a slot.

Wouldn’t we all like to be on the edge of our seats,

living a life of both passion and treats?

Sadly for us the world only feeds

those who address its very real needs.

So how far are you willing to search for your truth

 if the world doesn’t care that it costs you your youth?

That you may never find yourself, may never win

and lose opportunities with which you begin?

Such is the conundrum, but now is my goal

to make space in the world for the work of my soul.