What Do You Want From Me? Poem by Aldo Kraas

Brother you are so hard to please
What do you want from me?
For me to change?
I changed already
And I am the new me
Yes you called me crazy still
And you still say I am the crazy one
The crazy things I no longer do
Today I am different
You don’t know me
And you will never know me
What do you want from me?
After you close the door on me
Don’t you know how much this hurts?
If I had to die today would you care?
I don’t think you would
All through those years I’ve known you
You are the one who hurt me the most
What do you want from me?
I light candles in my house to ask God to bring peace in my life
Every time I talk about it
You call me the voodoo lady
Every time I talk about Johrey
You say there she goes and meets the other voodoo ladies
But one thing I can tell you
You are the one that is loosing out in life
By becoming more isolated
I have more energy in my life now, I feel stronger now
What do you want from me?
If I had dropped dead in your front step right now
Would you care?
I don’t think you could
What do you want from me?
I am totally healed today
I don’t take any medications any more
I am not a drug junkie that you use to know
I will not change just to please you
I will always be me
Because today I found happiness
That endless happiness is here to stay
I don’t need to be isolated
Because Isolation is a very lonely one
I can’t be you
I can’t be like you