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I'm me not you

December 23, 2011
By Bitneyco2393 SILVER, Spring City, Tennessee
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&quot;I&#039;m not perfect, i&#039;m just me.&quot;<br /> &quot;If you don&#039;t like me, Leave!&quot;

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Being patient isn’t easy
And love only causes pain
All my flaws I show again &amp; again.
I’m not perfect I know,
But it’s who I am and &amp; that’s what I show.
People ask me why I act like I do.
I just say I’m me not you.

I go on from day to day
Wishing I could find the words to say.
My friends go on &amp; on about how he should know
I know I love him and they do too,
But all I can say is I’m me not you.

People should stop trying to change me,
I like being perfectly flawed.
They say the same thing all the time,
My reply is always I’m me not you.

The author's comments:
This a poem that goes out to anyone who knows what its like to be a lil out there and poeple are trying to change you to make you "normal" (Be you!!!!)
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