Be Yourself

Sometimes things are just out of my control...

 

Be Yourself

Your always listening

To what people tell you..

They tell you what to wear,

How to put your makeup on

What shoe style is in and what isn’t
Whats "cute" and whats not

How to do your hair

And then you tell me

That your going to change

Because your boyfriend wants you to

I told you that he should love you the way you are

Not the person that people want you to be

They tried to get me to do the same things as they did you

I told them I like the way I am,

And I am not changing who I have become..

What happen to the sisters I once knew..

Well, you always cared about what people think

But I never thought you would change who you are..

I am so disappointed in you both..

If you didn’t like what they made you try on

Why didn’t you say so?

Why did you waste your money buying it?

Now you will only wear it when you are around them

So you can please and make them happy

When you aren’t making yourself comfortable

Just the people around you..

I thought our parents raised you better than that…

They made you the way you are, why would you want to change?..

I can’t understand, I can’t seem to find a reason to..

I have so much anger in me because of what you have become..

I just want to scream all my feelings toward you both..

Why can’t you ever stick up for yourselves?

I know I could have said something

But I know I would have started drama between your second family..

I just hope you put us first before you put them..

Seems like you are much happier with them, than with us..

But what makes me die inside is

You let these people take over who you really are..

And all I can do is shake my head in dismay

Leaving me with another disappointment..

The worse feeling in the world…

Reviews

[Laura E. Aranda]

This is so dramatically framing the mentality of our complete teenage world ..past and present. An easy read, it flowed well and conversationally
Thank you for asking me to read this one......I enjoyed it throughout the end. A couple of Grammatical errors:
NOTE:

Your always listening
You're
That your going to change
you're

Cheers,lea

[Dani California]

You have made some wonderful points here. First and foremost, be yourself. Yes. That is indeed important, though so many of us change to make others happy. Such is society really. I mean, if we all acted and looked like we really wanted, and not according to what we have been taught is acceptable and not acceptable -- no telling what kind of wonderful creative expression would emerge. And, no telling what kind of horror would emerge as well. lol According to whom though? Think about it. Do we not have green hair because we are afraid of what others will think or because we have been taught to believe it's unattractive? Either way, it's brainwashing -- and all of us are, to some extent. We didn't set the acceptable standards -- someone else did. We merely follow.

Try not to be too disappointed. That means you are unhappy with them, because they don't change to fit what makes you happy. It's a double edged sword. Just be there for those you care about, for people will always let us down if we try to hold them to our expectations. ;)

Very well written piece!