This is a question often asked in many areas of our lives. Deep down inside we really know who we are and it is just a question of being honest with ourselves.

We never know how long each relationship is going to last and if we do change to be what they want us to be and it is not really who we are problems arise when the relationship finishes and resentment can set in.

I wrote this poem when I was 13 and I still get goosebumps as to how much insight I had then. Please read and enjoy and email me with any comments you have.

 

I try to be me but you won't let me.

Because of one thoughtless action

Now I am two people.

One a public persona laughing and carefree

But always looking over my shoulder

The other a petrified person

Life turned to stone.

Every muscle and nerve stretched so tight

They are no longer pliable.

A heart that beats so loud and fast

It drowns out all positive thoughts.

They say names never hurt

But when that moment is written in stone

It metamophisises into a weapon

So powerful that it destroys life.

Not only my life

But touches the lives of everyone I meet.

Trust is betrayed and can never be rebuilt.

Lateral thinking takes on new meaning,

Everyday events become laden

With emotions of past hurt.

I hope you're proud of your achievements

As my achievements are buried

Beneath the gravestone with the words…

"In memory of…I'll never know."