I hope you're not thinking, <br />I'm exploring my aggression. <br />With thoughts of me <br />As a misfit in your head... <br />Fitting better as an impression, <br />To satisfy your possessed obsession. <br /> <br />Your fantasies of seeing me displeased, <br />By limitations perceived to anger... <br />Are images imposed upon you by those, <br />In need of professional mental sessions. <br /> <br />I am not one seeking acceptance for my steps, <br />Or one to correct selected speech regretted! <br />Long before I came to knock on your door... <br />I was taught to respect and that is what I expect, <br />With nothing more to show than my very best. <br /> <br />And I am not messed up about it! <br />I can prove I can be quite the fool, <br />If ever you doubt it. <br />But you will use that to stab me in the back... <br />With an attraction that appeals, <br />Because you were raised like that! <br /> <br />I've become too wise, <br />Not to see disguise in your eyes. <br />You will not catch me by surprise <br />By notoriety I deserve that became your prize! <br />Because you were raised like that! <br />Turning truths into lies.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-were-raised-like-that/
