Conformity (On Tyranny)

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: ON TYRANNY

Conformity

 

Going with the flow

Bending to the wind

Pleasing the popular crowd

Taking the easy road

 

Evil can only succeed

When good people go along

And people go along because

They’re afraid to stand out

 

Stand out

Stand proud

Embrace diversity

Dance on clouds

 

Stand with the dissidents

Stand with the strange

Stand with the artists

Strand up for the deranged

 

Resist the waves of self-righteousness

Deny them influence with a stare

When they demand your compliance

Throw it back: you will not dare!

 

For you are the hope of this fair land

You who march to a different band

You who will lend a helping hand

And you who take a defiant stand

 

To be accepted by the hating crowd

Is the opposite of virtue

To be embraced by the bullies

Is a great dishonor

 

Reject their mold

Create your own

 

Stand out

Stand proud

Your country needs you

Now