Originally posted by Skylar Liberty Rose on rebellesociety.com
"Each day, upon waking, you must make a choice.
As you open the lids of your eyes from their sweet slumber, The World will demand that you close the doors on your deepest dreams.
As you lift your head from the pillow which softly cradles the hopes and visions that sweep over you in your reverie, The World will assert that you shake off your aspirations and send them back to the clouds from which they flew.
It will insist that as you wash away the sleep from your eyes, so must you drown your wistful longings, turning your head the other way so you are not moved to rescue each dying Could Have Been that gasps for air.
The World will ask you to put on your dress of conformity and pay no mind to its shapeless, soulless restraint.
And with every single sunrise it will be up to you to say No to that world. It will be up to you to say Yes to yourself. And it will take every ounce of soul power to keep to that commitment."
As you open the lids of your eyes from their sweet slumber, The World will demand that you close the doors on your deepest dreams.
As you lift your head from the pillow which softly cradles the hopes and visions that sweep over you in your reverie, The World will assert that you shake off your aspirations and send them back to the clouds from which they flew.
It will insist that as you wash away the sleep from your eyes, so must you drown your wistful longings, turning your head the other way so you are not moved to rescue each dying Could Have Been that gasps for air.
The World will ask you to put on your dress of conformity and pay no mind to its shapeless, soulless restraint.
And with every single sunrise it will be up to you to say No to that world. It will be up to you to say Yes to yourself. And it will take every ounce of soul power to keep to that commitment."