i am so sick
of feeling as if
i am required to please
everyone else
i am completely done
trying to impress others
when the only opinion
that should matter to me
is mine
i am tired of thinking
i am ugly
and worthless
because people tell me these things
i am allowed
to be however i wish to be
and anyone
who does not understand that
does not deserve my friendship
i am not the rumors
people make up about me
or some timid doormat
you are free to walk all over
i am brilliant
and unique
and so is
everyone else
in this world
so here's to the ones
who have the confidence
to embrace their identity
and here's to me
for learning to
embrace mine
