True goth has less to do with the external appearance, and more to do with what's inside. Goths see the world as a darker place and like it that way. Gothdom transcends that. We embrace the dark, the weird, the bloody and the dead. We don't lie to ourselves.
Life is a bitch.
It kicks you, it stomps on you, it sucks you in, grinds you around for a bit, and spits you out. Others, however, learn to deal. We might turn our backs on some things. You might not see us making small talk at some useless dinner party, or sitting around getting skin cancer at the beach, but we learn to enjoy life as we know and see it. These youth were well-read, sensitive, and very able to express their ideas.