Don'T Blink, Because Anything Could Change In the Span of a Second
You told me all I need is change
But..what if if I don’t want to be altered?
And what if I’m the one thing that doesn’t need to change?
maybe it’s the world that needs to stop
It’s spinning around too fast
Shaking everything up
And it’s hard to see where to go
Dust has clouded my sky
Everthing I knew is gone
Vanished at the slightest tip of the scales
Who or what caused it?
..I may never learn
But the world as I knew it
Is Different
It has all been modified
So maybe I don’t need to change.
Maybe the world just needs to stand still for a moment
And remember the way things used to be
Instead of defining how things should be.
I am sick of the accusations
That keep coming my way
Yes I know I seem stuck in wishful thinking
That all I do is dwell on the past
But what else do I have?
The past is what makes me
It shapes my very being
So what else do I have ??
Friends? family? no…
Those bridges set fire
And were left charred beyond recognition
Mutilated memories of laughter and smiles
Tainted by mistakes and distrust
All I have left is myself.
The only thing I have left is Me
So I ask you..do you think it is fair of you to even suggest that I change?
How can you even justify what you’ve said?
And why on earth would I want to change the only constant I’ve ever had?
I’ve stayed true to myself
When no one else would….
Ahh….I suppose what I am really trying to say is
That I will change myself when and however I want.
But I will not do it because of what someone else thinks is right for me
I will be Me.
Not that person everyone is imagining I could be
Because I will never be that person.
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