Straightjacket! by Adewale Sobowale

I protest convention

Refuse to be prisoned

By societal ideals

Not necessarily ideal!

Believing more than Christ

At Christmas!

Giving to the poor

Should be everyday!

At turn of new year

Turn I a new leaf

For few minutes

Then resume

My old ways

Which is always!

Society has set date

For Christ’s death

After Easter

One can withdraw

For a year

Committing all crimes!

On Valentine’s

We’ll find

Lost love

Turn to lust

Very next day

Even hate!

No straitjacket for me

No one should tell me

When to appreciate

And when not!

We all living

In falsity

For convention

‘n’ societal standards!

@as 02/14/23

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