Why Can't I Just Be Me?

whilst tidying my room I found this poem I wrote a while ago, I think I was pissed off at something or someone at the time. Its not a great poem, but it summed up how i felt at the time.​

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I could work all day,​

Staring blankly at the screen.​

Hours of my life exchanged for some pay.​

I could by expensive things,​

A new house, new car,​

Get married 3 times spending money on rings.​

It will give my life purpose,​

Money sets you free.​

To be like all the other drones,​

Why can't I just be me?​

Without a job I am useless,​

A blemish on society.​

All I need is to conform and consume.​

Afterall, it will set me free.​

Buy the hip products,​

And discard the old.​

Until I can no longer keep up,​

Then I'll be treated like mould.​

One day I will die,​

In a world so distant.​

People living on the moon?​

Cars that can fly?​

But nobody will remember me as a child.​

The clothes that I wore, the lentgh of my hair.​

Or the sweetness of my smile.​

Nobody will care.​

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jamiexx​

 

you are you no matter what you want to be, even if you choose to be someone who complains about "why can't i be me?" i dig it, really. it's most certainly heart-felt in its spontaniety.


much love

 

i like too
and osiris .. . . you posted at 11:11
and i think that's kinda nice too

 

ah, but it was 5:11 my time. does that ruin it for you? lol.

much love

 

LOL - not so much

 

As a student, i am currently struggling through my studies, because i am questioning the same why?

 

that was sad,
in a good way.

 

I think your poem is quite good. I like its Simplicity

 

thank you for your kindness.