Never Change
Some time ago, when you were small
I tried to show you how to be
But you looked at me and smiled and said
‘I just want to be like me’.
What judicious words, from one so small
It stilled me to my core
And from then on there you were just you
And I questioned it no more.
When others laughed and others stared
You walked off from the crowd
You sympathised, you loved and cared
You spoke your thoughts out loud.
When people mocked, when people eyed
You held your head up high
When they told you to be different
You always questioned why.
So if some one asks, a mate perhaps
To change your point of view
You are perfect just the way you are
Please always be like you.
Copyright © Hayley Garland | Year Posted 2016
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