Born This Way?

Brown-haired,

Brown-eyed,

Bundle of joy

You were—

Born this way.

Big sister,

Hard worker,

Dedicated musician

You were—

Born this way.

You played

The piano at four.

You were

The star of the high school musical.

You smiled

And you laughed with your Catholic school friends.

You admired

The toils of your parents to make a better life for themselves—for you.

You earned

Early admission at one of the top performing arts schools in the world.

You wrote

An eighty page thesis there.

You were—

Born this way.

But now you are

Trying so hard to convince us that

Dropping out,

Doing drugs (a lot then, a little now),

Bleaching and dying,

Baring almost all,

Decorating your body with abnormalities,

Adorning your product with jarring images,

Trying so hard,

You are,

To show you were

Born that way.

Gaga,

You’re not fooling anyone.

You were

More of a superstar

When you were born

Than now.