Hidden
I want to be me
Yet I want to please a lot of people
I want to free myself from the captivity of careful carelessness
Yet I'm scared of hurting my environment
I long to live the life I've always imagined;
The world I created for myself
The mansion I built in my mind
But how do I?
How do I explore my world without hurting people?
I am caged in the fear of what will be said
Or what anyone would think of me
This alone drains the vibes in me
How do I leave this caged freedom that was created for me?
My tongue has been mopped with silence
Therefore tears mop my face
I feel drained to my bones
It's either I stand up to being 'me'
Or I sit with the fake version of myself
It's either I unleash the hidden version
Or I get comfortable in another man's skin
I want to be me
Yet I want to please a lot of people
I noticed a lot of people are in this cage
And it's hitting them up with so much rage
Living for what others would say
That's a pathway to failure every day
Be you, regardless of who's ox is gored
Why lose yourself just to please the world?
The world is insatiable with its standards
Selfishness hits differently with everyone
Be wary of losing yourself
Just because of how others would feel
Thank you for your time.
My pen doesn't bleed, it speaks, with speed and ease.
Still me,
My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.
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I have made lot of errors in that regard to please lot of people. I become a different person from myself because I wanted them to see me as all good while I wasn't myself. I yearned to be free from the shackles but each time I returned to that trouble. I still face that issue till now. I hope this issue will die off someday and finally I will be myself.
I really love the writing, it stir up something in me
I am glad to hear that you enjoyed it. I am sorry you are in that box but I know there are many pathways to success but the pathway to failure is trying to please others. You know why? They have their standards to satisfy their selfish needs. They want others to do what pleases them but would never do the same.
Do what's best for you and stand by your decisions. Life is too short to start living it to please others.
Life will either bless us or bury us. It is not what others say about us that matters but what we say to ourselves when they are done talking.
True, I trace this issue to be from childhood programming. My grandma was this way but I understand there's a way one can trace out his own path
Absolutely! There is always a way to trace it back and even out.