Just Be You
By: Erin
Let’s make a deal
We’re going to say how we feel
Let’s take off the mask
We’re going to need help, but we will just ask
The deal is you will just be you
And I’ll just be me too
We won’t have to hide
And we will feel so much better inside
I understand the risk you may fear
But can’t you see the worst case scenario is already here?
No one knows who they are or what they are about
Which leads people to shout, doubt, and act out
Insecurities run as high as the sky
So we see what is cool, the fashion or trend and try to comply
But this deal is for each of us different and a like
Take a picture of you as a child being who you are and go on
strike
Strike against impossible expectations you’re killing
yourself to meet
Instead be who you are, or you who want to be complete
The truth is that is the person I want to know
Not the person you’ve been used to giving as a show
I bet you’re cool and funny and corky just the way you are
Even if you also have a scar
I too have a hard time being me
It’s hard for me to let people in to really see
But when I see people who are who they are
I see something bright, something bright like a star
And that makes it ok for me to be me
And to even show something like my own personal weird-shaped-BEAUTIFUL scar
