I'M Not Perfect Poem by Faith Evanstar

I'm just your average girl,
Trying to make it by in life.
I'm not perfect,
But I'm as close as I can be.

I make mistakes,
I stuff up like everyone else.
Yet you want me,
To be perfect.

I can't live up,
To your expectations.
No matter how hard I try,
I can't be perfect.
And I don't want to be.

Why can't you love me,
For who I am?
Imperfections and all?
I just want you to accept me,
Not to be ashamed of me.

I feel so sad,
Obeying your rules.
Where have I gone?

I am but an empty shell,
amongst the living.
I am no-one,
Merely a puppet.

But that's not who,
I want to be.

If you don't love me for who I am,
Why should I obey you?
Why should I listen to you?
Why should I be forced to love you?

I'm breaking out of the chains,
You once kept me in.
I want to be an individual again.
To express my opinions,
To have my voice heard.
Not just another face in the crowd.

I won't let you stop me,
Be me.