Literature
I Am the Only Me
I always wanted to be someone else.
Someone pretty and someone nice.
Someone who could make decent conversation,
Someone who could always break the ice.
I was sick of being myself
And I wanted to take another's place.
I wanted to change everything about myself,
My clothes, my hair, my face.
I'd never been the most gorgeous
And I never quite fit in.
And I wasn't always as friendly
As I know I could have been.
I always compared myself to others.
So high they set the bar.
But when you dislike yourself too much
You lose sight of who you are.
So I kept on pulling through
And even though the discouragement would increase,
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