Thursday, September 17, 2009

"Be who you are. Your simple presence can make others happy."

If you asked me one day what I'd like to be, if I could be anything rather than me, I would think for a while of something to say and if I could think of nothing, I might just walk away. But, honestly, I'd more likely just shrug and smile because I could think of nothing after a while. But if you asked me later, let's say, tomorrow, I'd feel a little bit wiser, with some word's that I've borrowed. If I could be something else, I'd be all I could be. I'd be happy, and wonderful, and filled up with glee. And maybe the next day, after thinking some more, I'd say I'd like to be somewhere else in the world. I'd be free and gone, and enjoy the fresh air, because it's really quite nice to feel the wind in your hair. Or maybe after that, I'd have thought something new. And say I'd rather be pretty, and good looking, too, because everything's easy when you are not you. But the next time I'd come back, with some new words to say, because after thinking a while, I thought of something that day. It's hard to be anything that you know isn't you, because deep in your heart you won't feel so true. Sometimes you just learn that your faults aren't so bad, and that your crooked smile is kinda charming, and you'd rather have what you had. So, I'd tell you, I know what I'd like to be. When it comes down to it,
I'd rather just be me.

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