I Am Me Poem by Sarah Green

To see me as I am,
You only see the surface,
Deep inside there is someone different,
I can see the way you want,
It leads away from who I am,
I do not lead unless needed,
I do not follow,
I am my self,
Now see me here,
For this is me,
Can you see,
The way I see,
That you shadow me,
I wish to see,
That brilliant light,
That is just around the next corner.
You shield me so,
I can not know,
What to expect,
What to see.
I want to know
How you can
Push me so?
You wish for me
To be like you
I wish that you could see
That the more you push
The more you try
The farther away
You drive me.
I wish that you would listen
To what I say
Because it is what I want
Yet again and again
You tune me out
So the longer I stay
The worse it may be
Because I am not you
I AM ME!