Finding You:
Are you as gentle as they say? I caught you staring
And I am not afraid to approach.
Yet I am cautious for other reasons, one being my past
And one being the fact that you have a reputation.
I don’t, and never have.
I am a free soul with free ways of living.
Ain’t that the way it ought to be?
If you don’t think so maybe you should observe me some time
Instead of the opposite.
I’ve been watching you for some time now, and I believe
Its your turn to watch me.
I am:
I am a dreamer, yes, a serious dreamer.
I am a slacker, yes, a serious slacker.
I am a child, yes, a serious child.
I am a giver, yes, a serious giver.
I am a writer, yes, a serious writer.
And I have an imagination, wits,
And a will to change the world as it appears today.
I am who you are, and together
We can make a difference.
The Right Path:
They told me to follow what was meant for me to follow.
At first I listened, and it all seemed just about right.
I watched others do the same thing, not the very same,
But what they were told they were destined for.
There were surgeons, and lawyers, fire fighters
And teachers, auto-mechanics, and engineers
A whole pot full of employment.
Yet when I asked one fine fellow, he looked back at me
And told me that his profession was not his love.
That he was expected to follow his father’s orders,
To live a life that would make him money and not happiness.
That is when I changed my ways, and now I follow a new path
I am a writer, because I chose to be.
I am a writer because this is what I love to do.
I am a writer, because a writer is who I am.
The Difference:
They never expected it from me, although I had told them
many times.
I'm different than you expected, but altogether I am the
same.
I am that athletic boy you saw standing in front of you,
yet I am also the writer that you couldn't believe produced
those very words lying on that paper.
I am the student, the friend, the son, and the dreamer.
I am everything that you have said was true about me
I am an individual with goals, and I seek them out everyday.
I travel through time, and wonder what the future will bring
yet I do not doubt myself, for I know that I am just
as capable as you told me I could be.
When I look at you I see something different, and that is a
proper
thing. We're all individuals, and if you were not different
then something would not be right.
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