Having To Be And Happen To Be

I am . . .

I am who i need to be,

Whoever will help me succeed,

I know what i need to know,

And say what they want to hear.

I no longer have a personality of my own,

I am a body without a soul.

I am and yet I am not.

I have opinions of my own,

I have feelings.

I am not who you want me to be 

Nor who you think I am.

I am me.

No one else can dictate who I am.

Where I came from does not determine where I am going.

I am more tham just a name.

I am more than just a body .

I am more than what I appear to be.

I have the choice of what step to make next,

I refuse to follow the road layed out in front of me.

I have control over my own life,

I will make my own decisions,

I will make my own mistakes.

I am hopefull.

I am proud.

I am stubborn.

I am an opportunist.

I am optimistic.

But most of all,

I am me.