You Are the One I'm Trying to Please
(formerly Who You Want Me to Be )

Sometimes you have to walk the hard road for a while before you stop to realize it’s been a while since you’ve seen someone you know or a sign which says which way to go. So you just fall down exhausted from it all, and you cry a held up cry— admitting what you’ve known all along.

I am who I am, and I may not be who you want me to be. But I cannot be who I’m meant to be if you are the one I’m trying to please.

Sometimes you have to walk the hard road; that’s just life. But won’t you stop to realize loneliness is a lie. You’ve heard it so frequently now it’s all your heart can see, and each step’s a chore—each one harder than the one before. And you know life’s got so much more so you finally shut the unhealthy door.

©2005