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The Only Problem With Me Is Im Not You

i should do this not that control control control i should be this way not like me sucks to be me i'm not you I should be perfect and kind and sweet such a double standard i should be a loser jerk idiot useless as it is to be that useful i need to figure this out need to figure that out write obsessively to overcome your hate speach figure out your art of conversation to fit in i should bend over backwards for that person i shouldn't like that one i should, i could, i do fail at being you sucks to be me i should write another letter to the prime minister i should call the premier again and not get through i should call the secretary of defense from a concentration camp forget it just call random police stations overseas until someone clues in but forget it they won't stuck on stupid and glad not to be me i should live like this spend all my money on that do this that way and not forget to never getting a compliment no job well done no thank you for your selfishness just selflessly fit into your stereotype have the torture victom known as the terrorist id rather suck at being a terrorist than be a stool pigeon mole sabateur like you thank god i'm me NOT

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Date: 6/14/2011 7:24:00 AM
Hi Troy, I've often wondered what it would be like to be somebody else. You did a good job on figuring it out. I enjoyed. PS- Thanks for stopping by, I got to that site and read the brain poem - crazy .............Elizabeth
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