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Euclid the Kid
Member

since 2000-07-15

Posts 51
Eugene,Oregon

0 posted 2000-08-06 02:19 PM

(Did you ever feel that you were getting the third degree, and didn't deserve it?)

Why do I feel so uneasy
when others of me, would pry,
"To get to know you better..."
what's to know of this guy?

Why do I need approval?
who made you the judge of me?
I'm just here to live my life-
what's wrong with just being me?

I know I'm not like some others
my talents to some may seem slim,
but don't compare me to others--
I'll only be me--not them!

So let me have my uniquiness
don't make me explain myself,
accept me for who I am
in all my poorness or wealth.

Because of all your questions
my discomfort you may detect,
I'm not asking for total approval
but only for mutual respect.

I seek to be me-
and all I can be!

Kit McCallum

Administrator

Member Laureate

since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

1 posted 2000-08-06 03:13 PM

Well, you certainly have my respect Euclid ... very nicely written! Keep just being "you". This was a wonderful verse, and goes to show, your unique style is worth pursuing. Well done!

Best wishes,
/Kit

TopGunLauren
Senior Member

since 2000-08-02

Posts 718
California

2 posted 2000-08-06 03:30 PM

Great poem just keep being you and you will be fine.Keep up the gret work!
Lauren

Salooma
Senior Member

since 2000-01-28

Posts 781

3 posted 2000-08-06 11:17 PM

great post! i like the rhyme in this one a lot and i def know what you're talking about in this one! great post!

salooma

sherm
Member

since 2000-07-21

Posts 94
Evansville,IN

4 posted 2000-08-07 11:26 AM

awesome! i know just how you feel sometimes some people just dont understand that you dont have to be the same as everyone else keep up the good work

Its better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you are not

Chel
Senior Member

since 2000-07-01

Posts 511
Baltimore, MD, USA

5 posted 2000-08-07 07:58 PM

Great poem. Nicely worded. You will definitely have my respect if you keep up these great poems. Well keep up the great work.

Chel

"True friends stab you in the front"
"True love last forever"

Isabelle
Member

since 1999-08-25

Posts 176
Indiana

6 posted 2000-08-07 11:18 PM

I think we can all relate to this poem. You did very good at telling your feelings. Keep up the work.

Jeanna

"Poetry is the music of the souls, and above all, of great and feeling souls."
~Voltaire~

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