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Don't Tell Me

by Joan Serratelli

You tell me
what to be,
who to be,
but you never
tell me why

Don't you see
that I'm who I am
and no matter
how hard I try

I'll never be
any different
than who I am
right now

Don't tell me
what to do
or how to act
it'll just make me cry

And I've cried
enough tears
for any one person
alive

08/30/2006

Author's Note: I don't think I've posted this. If I have, I apoligize!

Posted on 08/30/2006
Copyright © 2024 Joan Serratelli

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 08/30/06 at 06:05 PM

You know Joan, I used to think that being nice to people and feeling nice was loving people. Now I know it isn't. Love is the most immense unselfishness and it is so big I must actually question whether I've ever touched it. Go right on being the loving person you are and take pride in that.

Posted by Delilah Coyne on 08/30/06 at 09:56 PM

I think everyone knows somebody who could be the recipient of the feelings presented in this piece!

Posted by Maria Terezia Ferencz on 08/30/06 at 11:46 PM

We should all BE who we R. If the you of who you are needs to be changed than the person doing the changing does not want U at all. Stay true to U. EXCELLENT write. + faves

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 08/31/06 at 01:32 AM

I'm so glad to see you posting again! I like you just the way you are!! I hope you do too.

Posted by Tony Young on 09/03/06 at 09:08 AM

Hi Joan, sweet and sour and sad, reads like an illness to me telling, pushing, pulling and not allowing one his/her freedom. If I'm wrong I apologise also and agree with Chris.......T

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 09/03/06 at 05:13 PM

Something I'm sure we all feel, especially those in relationships, where a partner nags us to be different, despite being exactly who we are when first come together. Atply expressed Joan.

Posted by Mara Meade on 09/05/06 at 08:15 PM

This is a hard road for the tender-in-spirit. You described it in all of its layers.

Posted by Mo Couts on 06/25/11 at 03:40 AM

Reading this made me cry and instantaneously think of about 5 people I could relate this with...

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