I can't say that I never Nor can I say that I only a little Wanted everyone to like me To know me For I had once dreamed of being the popular chick The one that everyone knew Liked Maybe even respected I wanted to wear everything that was so-called trendy Be seen in the platform shoes and stilletos I watched all the shows And kept in touch with everything that the "cool" people were into After a while, I just started drifting Wearing more the style that I was into rather than anything else Watching the shows I couldn't keep my eyes from Listening to the bands I yearned for I don't know when it all began to happen But soon after, I stopped caring whether anyone liked me Whether anyone knew who I was Or, at the beginning, whether they respected me or not To be honest, I cared more about whether I respected myself first And then when I respected myself, did people finally start respecting me For you can't like nor respect someone who dislikes themselves Am I right? Doesn't matter anyway I believe it And that's all that matters Anyway When I stopped dressing for them And started dressing for me When I stopped saying their opinion And started to open up my own Did I finally start to be known As the person who was different from everyone else And was willing to be on my own For through the years I learned that being popular isn't all that And that being liked doesn't resolve around the top need And that I'm happier, just being me.Birth sign: Scorpio
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