I wanted to walk away,
finally find my own place.
Leaving your teachings behind,
to walk at my own pace.
Learning to cover and erase,
everything that I once knew.
I began to struggle within myself,
so that I wouldn't become you.
Endless thoughts filled my head,
are they mine or yours instead?
Whenever I try to think or decide,
it's always your words that I think of
Your words instead of words of mine.
I traded my shielded heart,
for something elegant and new.
I replaced one of my deepest parts,
all just to move on from you.
Gaining a better sense of self.
A self that I can call my own.
To find a purpose within the realm,
a meaning that satisfies my soul.
A person who dares,
to stay true to themselves.
Are different from the ones,
who stack their personas on the shelf.
Comparison is the thief of confidence.
Constantly stealing one's sense of value and trust.
Marking off on the cans and cannots of others,
how is it that that system is truly just?
For I am me,
Just me and me alone.
Someone who is still young and aging,
with the next new chapter that I'm embracing.
Who is I?
I am I.
I as in me.
Me as in I.
And that won't change,
I'm glad that I really know myself.
But do others around me feel the same?
When they walk back to the self.
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Quick Poems
PoetryThe first one is from a while back, but the others are pretty recent. These are just some poems I wrote from my experiences that I'd like to share with y'all
