Words for you...

Be nobody's darling; 

Be an outcast. 

Take the contradictions 

Of your life 

And wrap around 

You like a shawl, 

To parry stones 

To keep you warm. 

Watch the people succumb 

To madness 

With ample cheer; 

Let them look askance at you 

And you askance reply. 

Be an outcast; 

Be pleased to walk alone 

(Uncool) 

Or line the crowded 

River beds 

With other impetuous 

Fools. 

Make a merry gathering 

On the bank 

Where thousands perished 

For brave hurt words 

They said. 

Be nobody's darling; 

Be an outcast. 

Qualified to live 

Among your dead. 

~Alice Walker