I Am

I AM

I'll share my past 
if that's what you ask 
but it not all it's cracked up to be 
I have a darkness 
an emptiness 
that prevents me from being me 
I am less than a person 
not much more than a dog 
I've been called a ***** 
and i've been called a hog 
I am a nuisance, i am a pain 
I am just a problem with a name 
I do nothing wright 
so i must be wrong 
and the harder i try 
the less i belong 
I am the words you've called me 
I am the mess you see 
but once you are all quiet 
I will be who I want to be
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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February 18, 2018 at 8:50 AM
A very nice poem, we should not care what the world says about us, it s our life and only we can decide how we are suppose to spend it, no one can play our roles better than us, juat don t care what the world say and do things that makes you happy and a time shall come when you ll notice that you re happy, that s the way to success, forget what people around you says about you
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December 7, 2017 at 6:09 AM
You are what you are.. deep reflective poem Alainey...
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