Acceptance

If you would only
Open your eyes and see
That I can never be the person
You want me to be.

I am my own person
I have my own ideas
I am not a carbon copy
Of a love from past years.

So please, just accept me
For all that I am.

I am not a plaything for your amusement.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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