Me Poem by Aria Quimby

You made me feel worthless
Unwanted
Unloved
When you looked at me
Talked to me
Passed me by
I felt horrible about myself
And who I was
As the days went by
I tried so hard to impress you
But you made me feel unimportant

Still
I continued to change myself
To make you like me
But each day
It seemed your hatred grew stronger
What did I do?
What was it that I did to deserve this?
I am human, as you are
Yet you make me feel so far
Like an alien
But no matter
I just kept trying to make you like me
For once in my life
I wanted to feel like I belonged
Then it hit me
There was one way
To stop me from feeling so low
To stop trying so hard
To be someone I wasn't
To be happy with the me I was
The way I am

The second I realized that
I stopped and took a look at myself
Is this who I am?
The real and true me
No
It was a simple yet powerful answer
No
This is not me
So
I turned around and walked away

I changed myself
But this time to
Who I am at heart
This is me
The weird
Imperfect
But fun loving me
And I am proud to be who I am
No one
Not even you, can change me
I
Am
Me
And I will not settle to be anyone else
But me