They Say Poem by Sandeepa Ojha

They say I am not good enough
They say I laugh negligently
They say I talk terribly
They say I am the worse

They say I don't understand them
They say I'm not enough
They say they know me
What can I say

They say they knew me
But they don't see my mental health
They don't see it's getting worse
All they see and say is I don't understand them

In the way of making them happy
In the way of being what they want
They say I was not enough
In the way of considering them

I lost me
I lost the real me
I lost that me and I can never
bring that me back
I lost myself and I was a fool

I was a fool
Fool for trying and trying and trying
Just to make them happy
And all they said was you are not good enough
Now I will not be a fool

In the process of making them happy
I was losing me, my loved one 
While losing me, my loved one
I realized I could not do that anymore

I will not be what they say
Now I will choose me, my happiness
They say and say I am gaana let them say
I am gaana be me
Even if whatever they say

In the end,
I realized and learned my lesson
Now I choose me, my happiness
And my happiness is you
I will always choose you and me
Even if they say let them say....