i almost missed the great opportunity

to set aside my illusions and find the real me

to have the courage to be who i am

stop living a life determine by others whims

i am not all that nor less than they

i see no reason to try and live another day

trying to please others and sacrificing myself

only to find they didn’t know what they want

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i know what i want :

to be free of the opinions of people

that ridicule and judge

sure they have the answers for all that pass there way

and let their words roll off like water on a ducks back

and tune out their words that go quack, quack, quack

reaching for the courage to just be me