From Leo B.

My happiness is me, not you.
Not only because you may be temporary,
But also because you want me to be what I am not.


I cannot be happy when I change
Merely to satisfy your own selfishness.
Nor can I feel content when you criticise me
for not thinking your thoughts,
Or for seeing like you do.
You call me a rebel.
And yet each time I have rejected your beliefs
You have rebelled against mine.
I do not try to mold your mind.
I know you are trying hard enough to be just you.
And I cannot allow you to tell me what to be----
for I am concentrating on being me.


You said that I was transparent
And easily forgotten
But why then did you try to use my lifetime,
To prove to yourself who you are?