At the Thought of You [poems]

79. People Pleaser

I wish I was the perfect daughter

everyone thinks I am

now you might think I'm perfect

on the outside, because

I have the grades

I have a job

I go to sport practices

I'm involved in my school

I'm doing everything to please everyone

I want the people to be happy,

but what they don't see

is how much I'm struggling

on the inside to balance all these things

which I'm not even doing for me

I'm doing them for other people