my poem: you can't hurt me anymore

This is 30 years old

You don’t have to like me anymore

You ain’t going to get this

I got self esteem now

I love my loneliness now

When I was young

I tried to be liked by everyone

I tried to so hard to be funny and nice

But it didn’t work

It got old quickly

I tried to be thin and cute

I tried to be materialistic and open minded

But I knew my intentions

And when I got a little older I realized we all got our intentions

We all got our happily ever after

Do we match?

I never asked myself that before with low self esteem

Do I fit into

ur

dreams?

Can you be my nightmare?

Never asked myself before I liked my loneliness

So you got money

I got misery and comfortable with it

So you got a great body

I got my overdue gym membership

So you got cool friends

I got niggas who love and hold me down

I’m not trying to b liked

That means I’m not willing to compromise

You don’t have to like me

But you will love or hate me

There is no in-between with me

Say I’m dramatic which means that you can get your way

Say I don’t listen because you can’t persuade me

I’m the hustler in this story

I’m what the movie is about

You’re just sideline

If you love me, maybe you can be the hero

But if you like me, you’re the villain

You don’t have to like me, but you will love or hate me

I’m going to challenge consistently

I’m never going to be what you wanted

I hope you be you

So

I’m brave enough to say I don’t believe in fairy tales

Or happy endings

I’m brave enough to say I believe funerals and births

I’m brave enough to say I believe in responsibility and loyalty

I'm brave enought to say i believe in bills and making sure my family is okay

I’m brave enough to say I believe in my body and my happiness

You don’t have to like me anymore

I got self esteem now

I like my loneliness now

I like me now

I’m brave enough now

To say I believe that god doesn’t make mistakes