Peer
A dirge lamenting the selling out of self to others in the quest to seek their approval, to be accepted, to be like them, when joining them is ...
... creating an unauthentic self identity.
As you peer through their window
Your own house burns down.
You’re somewhere else and something else
Peering through their window.
It’s so pretty through their window
That you can stand their draft for now,
Like someday they’ll warm up to you.
They’re the ice to your home fires burning.
You’re going bust trading your leather for their veneer.
And you’re zoning in because it’s only their voices you hear.
Peer
They are your chosen few, your chosen peers.
Peer
Why do you want to trade your leather for veneer?
As you peer through their window,
Your own house burns down.
What about your own house; what about your own house; what about your own house; what about your own house; what about your own house?