I want to be myself around you <br />But all I can do is wear the mask of another <br />Someone you want me to be <br /> <br />If I stop speaking untruths <br />You might turn away, you might leave me <br />And I’ll just disappoint and disgust you <br /> <br />But I want to be all I can be for you <br />And all you want me to be <br />The problem is that those two are not the same <br />They are far from what I want in life <br /> <br />Is it good enough for you? <br />Can I dare to be myself? <br />Take the risk of jumping into a frozen lake? <br />Maybe, if, but, what happens then? <br />The point of no return. Another notch on my regret belt. <br /> <br />What’s the point of being me? <br />What’s the point of hiding behind a façade? <br />What do you want from me? <br />Do you want the real me, or the me you really want? <br />I don’t know the answer to any of these questions. <br />But I do know I’m head over heels for you.<br /><br />Jaryd Stapleton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/head-over-heels/
