Contractions

I'm on one. And you have NO IDEA how hard I tried to write this poem without contractions. Ehh, no go.

Contractions have become commonplace
We squeeze words together
Because watered down language
Is easier to manage
And watered down people
Must be easier to equal
Because at my full potency
You can't even come close to me

I'm guilty of contracting
I'm guilty of squeezing so I can fit
And I'm guilty of holding back
I'm guilty of wanting so bad
To just be part of the crowd
I forget that as a child of God
I was born to stand out

Contractions have become commonplace
You can take it from me
There's a beauty in the expanded word
We don't know how to see
And in the expanded person
You'll find a beauty the same
So contracting, as a person
I won't be guilty of again.