I'm Just Me

I don’t want to walk alone in this world forever,

But I don’t want you to follow where I’m going.

I thought I could keep you close to me

But happiness is fickle when we feel so lonely,

I am the memory that wasn’t built to last,

A statute for the broken hearted.

You told me to take it all in stride

But I still can’t believe how you slipped away.

I can pretend to smile just for you,

Or act like my ego isn’t slightly bruised.

If you just tell me where I need to go—

If you just remind me of who I am

Then I wouldn’t feel the need to disappear

Everyone in the world is looking for a friend

And I guess that I can understand.

But you didn’t have to act like that is all we are

Two strangers on our separate quest for happiness

It meant the world to me, but you have already forgotten

And I can’t even take a breathe

Without being reminded of how you have forgotten.

Too scared to be angry I hold onto jealousy

But I guess it doesn’t really matter

Because I’m just me.

Happiness is fickle; somebody always ends up hurt,

The worst kind of pain lingers and sets—

I don’t want you to see me fail when I give my all,

But I don’t want to fill my heart with regret.

I could make the same mistakes again,

And watch you slip away on a different night.

I could watch that smile again…

But you make it clear that this is all we are,

Two strangers on our separate quests—

It meant the world to me, but you have forgotten

And I can’t even take a breathe

Without being reminded of how you have forgotten.

Too scared to be angry I hold onto jealousy

But I guess it doesn’t really matter

Because I’m just me.

Tonight, I’m just me.

     DannYetman

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