Poem Time: This is me

a poem...that i wrote...today...

This is me

This is me

Me with my own laugh, my own smile, no one else’s

Me with my hair, my no longer crooked teeth

This is me

Me with my fears, my dreams, my doubts

Me with my hopes my pain, my joys

This is me

No one else, just me

Can you see me? The real me?

Me

Hidden inside

Where I can keep it safe

I want to let it out, let you see

But I can’t

Not yet

I wait

Until I am sure that it won’t hurt me

Sure that you won’t hurt me

But if you reject me,

Reject the true me,

What will I do?

I might walk away

I might cry

But I will always remember

If I choose to let you in

And you choose to hurt me

I’ll never let you in again

If you don’t like me

The real me, the true me

What’s hidden deep within me

Then that’s too bad

Because this is me

And there’s nothing you can do to change that