Somebody told me No.

I didn't listen.

They told me I wasn't good enough.

I didn't listen.

They told the past would haunt me and keep me from acheiving my goals.

They told me No.

I didn't listen.

No one can hurt me without my permission.

I made up my mind to follow my dreams.

Somebody told me No.

I didn't listen.

I am my own person.

I set my own path.

Still somebody told me No.

They told me that my fear will consume me.

That the stress will take over.

I didn't listen.

Somebody screamed NO!

I made up my mind to find the voice telling me No.

It wasn't the past.

It wasn't the future.

Nor was it the present.

At last I found them!

The someone telling me no was me.

But I didn't listen.