A Poem

A Poem

You want me to be 'other'.

Different from real.

Not who I am.

You want an 'other'.

You want another.

You want another version, a different me,

a picture in your head on this real body.

I know what you need and I know what you mean.

Its not that I don't care, its that I cant be....

What you are.

I don't mean to be

This thing you've been sold

Its monstrous to see

Your expectations unfold

I know what you need

It just isn't me.

I know how you feel

Its hard to be wrong

Don't try to believe, don't try to deceive

Just let it wash over,

Just let me belong

Pull the tab on the string,

This time I won't sing

What happens now

Is the unraveling

Keep pulling along

What you will see

Is astonishing

Yet great

Once your needs fall away

What is left is

Just me.