Be the good that people want to see in you
Do the right that people want you to do
Say the things that people want to hear
And then they love and they worship you…
Never show when your heart is aching
And the feelings must die unseen
You are fake… and you’ve always been
Only what people wanted you to be!
You say it’s painful? So what… forget it!
You must feel only what’s right to feel.
Be the shapeless so they can shape you
Be the voice that they can speak.
Be not yourself, for that’s what painful
To feel and love and hate and think…
Give up the dreams you dared to dream
For life will show her plans on you
Fight back? Yeh maybe!
So great it seemed
When future yet was just so dim.
But then you are what people want you
And then you think just like they want
And then… Nothing … You are blunt
Just shapeless, voiceless, heartless plant.
Comments
Thanks everyone for reading))) Love yall!!!
Dear Helen, very nice writing! you are right we would lose our dreams if we let others shape us just the way they want, moreover they won't love us and we won't love ourselves either.
Mohammad, thanks for reading! what I think is that its hard to beourselves sometimes.
Nice poem dear Helen, at the first four lines, I thought that you really meant that we must be the one, who people want, but after reading the rest, I got that the first ones were sardonic. Yes that's right, we must really be ourselves. Thanks for sharing
Thanks guys for reading! Mishaikh and Peppo I like both options))) Thanks!
You have done a great work, A very sweet poem. I agree with Misaikh, sir, there is a deep pain on your poem. If you mind, I would like to call it 'A Pretender's Complains'.
Have a wonderful day :)
This I call a "CAMOFLAGUE"
I just want to add:
And if you do not want as they want you to be
Be quiet and never open your heart.
I am feeling an ACHE in the HEART of this POEM.
Very nice Helen, I enjoyed reading. Thanks for sharing.