Self Portrait

Many things I’ve tried

And the one thing I’m not

Is the very thing you want me to be

Many things I’ve left behind

To try and prove myself

And found that life was empty

So I fight

To be what I’m not

Just so you’ll love me

And I strive

And work the ground

Growing weary of this journey

But you say,

“You don’t need to do that.”

You say,

“You never did.

I love you despite it all

And just want to be a friend.”

So I’m tossing aside my mask

And accepting to cling to me

Tearing back the curtain

To become the man I’m meant to be