I Am
By Stellar84

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This poem belongs to me, Emily.  All rights reserved.  Please,
no duplicating, copying, or distribution without my consent.
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     I am a person not liked at all 
     I am a pariah, shunned, away 
     I am an outcast who can cry no more 
     For my tears have all been shed 

     I am one who is left alone 
     Because people can not understand 
     My loneliness, the way I feel 
     I’m too different, I am 

     I am so set apart from you 
     I know not what to think 
     Except for one thing I do know 
     I am nothing that they wish me to be 

     I am paraded like a doll 
     Groomed like a horse 
     Gossiped about like a movie star 
     All because I am 

     I will never be what you want of me 
     It is much too late for that 
     But what do you want of this wearied soul? 
     I only lack, and lack, and lack 

     I am whom I always was 
     With a reputation slapped on me 
     I wish to skirt the tightened bonds 
     But what can I do? I cannot flee. 

     I am that perfect child 
     Or maybe, I’m just put down 
     Ever thought your comments 
     Cut me to the soul? 

     I never wished to be this way 
     I just wanted to be normal, to have friends 
     But it is not to be 
     Because, I am 

     I am because of my parents 
     I am because of my life 
     I am this person in front of you 
     This is the way I am 

     I may not like it 
     Nor, probably, will you 
     But you must accept and understand 
     That this is me, the one you've made, in front of you