What I Want To Be

what I want to be is me But how can I when I'm expected to go through a revolution of
change in such a short time I probably won't make it in time. When all I want to be is me
in the beginning and in the end.
What I want to be is me though I'm pressured to be somebody else. A hero to a nation. A
mother to a child. a doctor to a patient. the list of somebody Else's I'm supposed to be
could go on and on when all I want is acceptance for who I am for a single day. Just this
day today
What I want to be is me and accepted for me and whoever I choose to be that's what I want
to see.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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