What was so wrong
With just being me?
Was there something I was doing
That I just didn’t see?
“To just be yourself”
Is what I always had heard,
But it’s not always easy.
Is what I soon learned.
They wanted me to be
Just like all of them,
But I was proud of myself.
I didn’t want to give in.
But they tore me apart,
For what made me who I am.
They took away my feelings.
Buried my heart in the sand.
It was like a blue sky,
Turning into grey.
They told me what I should like,
They told me what I should say.
Maybe it
was for the best.
Maybe I needed
To be like the rest.
They changed me till I
Was a whole different girl.
They made me dull,
Like the rest of this world.
My feelings were lost,
Blown away with the wind.
I never thought I would say it,
But I am now one of them.