I Am Me

I guess I don’t know where this is going

I guess I don’t have a purpose

I guess I don’t have as many friends as I would like,

But I know how to be happy

I know how to forget it all, if only for a little while

And when I do this, when I achieve happiness,

Nothing else in the world matters

I don’t care if anyone’s watching

I don’t care what I say

There are no consequences, no repercussions

I am free and wild, young and careless

And then I go home at the end of the night

I look at myself in the mirror

And all my responsibilities and insecurities

Come rushing back all at once

I don’t have a second to prepare

I go immediately from being happy

To being me

But it’s ok

Because I got to be someone else,

Even if it was only for a night

I got to be the person I wish I could let out more often,

The person more people would like

I can’t be her always

But it doesn't matter

I’m fine with who I am

I’m fine with being shy and easily stressed

I’m fine with keeping everything bottled up inside

I like me

I don’t need everyone else to

I am content