quote

"I felt a nice, fresh breeze a moment ago. Where has it gone to?"
- Tennessee Williams, in 'The Glass Menagerie'

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Me for... me.

"Even on my weakest days, I get a little bit stronger."
-Sara Evans



You tell me that you believe in me,
and that you will... no matter what.
(but you have a strange way of showing it)

You tell me you want to spend time with me,
"let's get to know each other better - we're family."
You tell me you want to do stuff together.
(but you have a strange way of showing it)

You tell me that the past is the past
and that you'd never say anything to hurt me.
You tell me that you know I've changed,
even that you know I've grown into a better person.
(but you have a strange way of showing it)

You get around me,
we talk,
we may even laugh,
but still...
things are never quite normal the way one would want them to be.

You say you're only asking questions to help me,
and you say that my decisions are my own,
that you'd never try to tell me what to do,
or say,
or wear,
or who to be.
(but you have a strange way of showing it)

You say that, above all else, you love me for me,
for who I am.
You say you'd never ask me to change.
(but you have a strange way of showing it)

And the strange thing is?

I still love you.
And I always will.
"We're family," remember?

Just do me a favor:
Love me for me.

Cause no matter what you do,
no matter what you say,
you're stuck with me.
"We're family,"
and family is like that scar...
it never goes away, no matter how badly you may wish it would sometimes.

I'm changing daily.
I'm evolving - into an even better version of me -
all I'm asking is for you to love that me,
not the me that you wish I was.

Because, truth be told...
I kind of love who I am.  :)

All of the
(but you have a strange way of showing it)
moments don't have to over-shadow everything.

If we could just learn to love each other for who we are,
I think we'd be just fine.

(and I nod)
Yes, just fine.

Perhaps even better.

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