Contrary and Scary

Contrary and scary,
I've always been very
different from my peers.

Lately I've noticed
as my eyes focus,
the way I've lived my years.

I've never feared
being so weird;
I think it's quite a treat.

It isn't flawed
just to be odd
compared to those you meet.

I'm never scared
to be compared
to those who are arranged,

because I'm glad
to be the lad
they all think is strange.

I'm not scary;
Quite the contrary,
to what you might have heard.

My wires are crossed;
I'm slightly lost,
for lack of better words.

To wear the mask
is quite a task;
your face suites not the crowd.

It scares them so;
The things you know
when you are not allowed.

My soul is free
and full of glee,
despite my troubled ways.

Through eyes of black
I give them back
their pedestal today.

If I could scream
and kill my dream,
I think I'd do without.

If I can be free,
forever I'll be
The infamous "odd-man out."