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Who else can I be?

by quincy819

I am an unfortunate entity the product of a faulty system I have my flaws, I have plenty I use all in my power to resist them Why must we conform Break the train of self-consciousness You call it life, I call it despair stop basking in your own self-righteousness And who are you to tell me what I am or was meant to be? Because in your eyes, Regardless of wether I'm Straight Gay Married Alone Right Wrong Successful Unsuccessful Loving Evil Tortured, or happy. Dead, or alive. I will ALWAYS be me. I will scream it from the mountaintops Carve it in the stone above where I lie, cold and lifeless. I WILL be, The best me I can be, because if I can't be me, who else can I be?
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<p><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">I WILL be,</span><br style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);" /><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">The best me I can be,</span><br style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);" /><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">because if I can&#39;t be me,</span><br style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);" /><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">who else can I be?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">follow that advice-be yourse</span><span style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">lf</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">people that love you will accept you for who you are</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: ITCFranklinGothicStd-Book, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">keep writing</span></p>

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