So what if I'm not as you expected! <br />I'm different, I'm not like you. <br /> <br />Is this a reason for me to be neglected? <br />I do my own thing; to me this world is new. <br /> <br />My thoughts and opinions are not to your liking, <br />But I love how I am. <br /> <br />I know you find my personality shocking, <br />But I'm only human. <br /> <br />I don't want to conform; <br />I like to stand out <br /> <br />On this I stand stern, <br />To be an individual! I shout, <br /> <br />But you try to tie me down, <br />Clip my wings, so I cannot fly. <br /> <br />If I conform, all you'll see is my frown. <br />I feel smothered, like I will die. <br /> <br />So what if I'm different! <br />Love me for who I am! <br /> <br />You do know that 'm God sent, <br />But I feel as though my life is sham. <br /> <br />I'm not going to change to please you! <br />You say I rebel, <br /> <br />But is this really true? <br />Sometimes my life feels like a living Hell! <br /> <br />Whatever my crime, <br />I refuse to change. <br /> <br />I would much rather serve my time, <br />I simply refuse to listen to a word you say! <br /> <br />You just have to deal <br />Take me as I am, or leave me alone. <br /> <br />I have the time to kill <br />As you sit there deciding on how to make me your clone, <br /> <br />But I am what I am, <br />And I'm comfortable with being me, <br /> <br />I hate living this shame! <br />Loving myself, now that's the true key.<br /><br />Nishita Gupta<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/thoughts-of-a-teenage-mind/
