Why can't I be me?

How can I accept you.

You don’t want me to be happy

I need to know why.

Did someone make fun of you?

Did someone hurt you?

You don’t want me to feel good.

What’s wrong with feeling good?

When you say the things you do,

you know how hurtful that is.

How can I trust you.

When you threaten me or the

people I love..

How can I love you?

Wouldn’t you like to be liked.

Wouldn’t you love to be loved.

You cannot hide the fear you feel.

What is there to fear?

Please ask me a question.

You’ll begin to know me.

Don’t pretend to know my ‘kind’.

I’ll tell you how painful it is and

how dangerous it can be.

To be me.

How tiresome it is to be a person

I’m not, so that you are comfortable.

Complicit in my silent accord.

Signal a tacit approval to ignorance.

If I’m willing to let you be

whoever you want to be..

Why can’t I be me?