IS
THAT ALL?
You want me to change.
You want me to feel.
You want me to do things
I haven’t in years.
You want me to learn
from my many mistakes.
Oh, is that all?
You want me to love.
You want me to yearn.
You want me to save
this burning world.
You want me to say
all the right things
to lead me to your
blesséd salvation.
Oh, is that all?
You want me to need.
You want me to cry.
You want me to be
the perfect role model.
You want me to calm down
and be something I can never be.
Oh, is that all?
I am who I am
because there’s no other way.
I do what I do
because you’ve no right to say
you want me to be
the perfect,
hollow,
empty,
wasted,
dying little girl.
You want me to sell my soul.
Oh, is that all?
Bright
Eyed Naïve
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