If you cannot accept me the way I am <br />Then kick me out your life and tell me scram <br />As you can't reshape the branch of full grown tree <br />So take me as I stand or let me be. <br /> <br />I know in my own way I do act strange <br />But I am way beyond the years for change <br />So accept me as I am or bolt that door <br />And shut me out your life forever more. <br /> <br />You say I'm distant when your friends are about <br />But there's a time for speech and for shut mouth <br />And I should have thought that you already knew <br />That never speak until you are spoken to. <br /> <br />And though I do confess I love you true <br />I'll not be changing not even for you <br />I could not change my personality <br />By doing so I could fool no one but me. <br /> <br />I cannot alter my mentality <br />So accept me as I am or set me free <br />I could not live a lie or be a fake <br />So I cannot change not even for your sake. <br /> <br />Accept me for what I am the one you know <br />Or either set me loose and let me go <br />As it's not my fault I am the way I am <br />For after all I'm just a common man.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/accept-me-as-i-am/
