I want to be me

All my life I’ve tried so hard
To fit in and be just like everyone else
And to what reward?

I feel no happiness
I don’t feel like one of them
I feel I live in a world of falseness

What is the joy in this?
Why should I have to be perfect?
I’m not a fairytale princess

It wears me down
Being judged every minute of every day
In this life I will soon drown

It takes all my energy
To try and fit in
When all I want is to be free

I don’t want to care
I don’t want to care what I think or say
I don’t want to care what I do or wear

I am only what people want me to be
I am only what people expect me to be
I don’t even know the real me