<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=447102" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Being 'Normal</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I once came across a rather ordinary man<br>Who believed in being perfectly normal<br>He smiled at me and took my hand<br>And kissed it in a manner quite formal</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He took me to the movies and the shops<br>He seduced me until I was besotted<br>He fed me chocolate and push-pops<br>And played with my hair until it was knotted</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But every time I did something original he’d scorn<br>He hated my creativity and uniqueness <br>He ordered me to act more like the norm <br>And like a slave I obeyed him, I must confess</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soon I was dressing in the fashion<br>I was acting like one of those sheep, too<br>I threw away my one true passion<br>And had never been so blue</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Every time I acted ‘strange’, I covered it with jokes<br>Sometimes he’d discover my fake outs<br>And I’d receive warning pokes, <br>Although I couldn’t stop my upset pouts </div><div style="margin:10px 0">In time I grew more miserable<br>So I ended our relationship<br>I was really tired of his bull<br>Though I felt my heart rip</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He found out who I was and that I’d lied<br>For I’d stopped pretending with the comical wit<br>He asked me why I was so weird and I replied<br>“I tried being ‘normal’ once, I didn’t like it”</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lenore+Lee">Lenore Lee</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=447102" data-title="Being 'Normal de Lenore Lee" data-description="I once came across a rather ordinary man Who believed in being perfectly normal He smiled at me and took my hand And kissed it in a manner quite formal He took me to the movies and the shops He seduced me until I was besotted He fed me chocolate ..."></div> </div> </div>

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