Goodness Requires You Be A Victim

 

You say “yes” when your gut begs “no,”

Afraid that blame will steal the show.

The good guy look must be maintained,

While you're the one who's left in pain.

 

In the House of Good and Bad you dwell,

Where praise is heaven, blame is hell.

To be the good guy, costs are multiplied,

For others your assets must be denied.

 

“Real goodness,” requires you put others first,

Yet those same “virtues” leave you with thirst.

If you put you first, others’ll feel you’re flawed,

And you’ll never ever get enough applaud.

 

That woman who won't bear a child

Is branded selfish, she’s gone wild.

And if she turns that voice inward,

She blames herself, it’s most absurd.

 

The man who dodges war's demand

Is called a coward throughout the land.

Yet the ones who march to kill and die,

They're heroes, their life justified.

 

In the House of Good and Bad you dwell,

Where praise is heaven, blame is hell.

To be the good guy, costs are multiplied,

For others your assets must be denied.

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The student chases what sets them alight

Gets branded lazy, not doing what’s right.

No grade can measure who they are,

Yet culture condemns that rising star.

 

New judgments still won't set you free,

If you don't fit so perfectly.

The House itself is built on blame,

And to be good you play those games.

 

In the House of Good and Bad you dwell,

Where praise is heaven, blame is hell.

To be the good guy, costs are multiplied,

For others your assets must be denied.