Poem - Why Can't I Be Me

I look in the mirror
The face I see is not my own
There's a stranger looking back
Someone I have never known

She's a child of my parents
And she does as she is told
Her choices made my those around,
But her heart is dead and cold.

  Why can't I be me?
  Why can't I make my own choice?
  Why can't I be free
  From what I'm told I'm to be?
  Why can you not see
  That I have to find my own voice?
  Why can't I be me?
  Why can't I be me?

I glance in the mirror
And wonder who she is
And from the look in her eyes
I wonder if she lives

She kept my parents happy
While she killed my soul inside
She's strived to keep the peace
And my heart has slowly died.

  Why can't I be me?
  Why can't I make my own choice?
  Why can't I be free
  From what I'm told I'm to be?
  Why can you not see
  That I have to find my own voice?
  Why can't I be free?
  Why can't I be free?

I look in the mirror
And make a choice this day
The stranger looking back
Will have to go away

I'm sorry if my parents hurt
By my choosing to be me
But I have to do this now
Before I die completely.

I have to be me.