I am no damn puppet, not a marionette, to be pulled by the strings of the creepy guy, the puppetmaster.
He cannot tell me what clothes to wear, what things to say, how to act...
I am no puppet.
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known..." A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens.
Wow, very powerful here! I can definitely feel the emotion here; your anger and frustration come clear. My only suggestion would be (and this is only a suggestion, when it comes to poetry, who makes the rules?), if it were me, I might add some more in the second verse, or maybe just drop the space between the second verse and the last line. Good job, though. Very powerful.
Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.
If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it. Anything you want to, do it! Wanna change the world? There's nothing to it.
Excellent! this deserves a ' Like '.. you're right, guys won't tell us how to look, dress, or act. we're free to be ourselves, if they don't like it, they can just sit on it
“Such nonsense!" declared Dr Greysteel. "Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!"
"Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said Strange. "That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one's imperfections.” — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell