you burden me with your advice
how to make people think I’m nice
crop my hair, say pretty please
abandon my own boundaries
then laugh at me with all your might
when I turn left where you went right
point your finger, call out my wrong
to make me feel I don’t belong
but if friendship equals people to keep
then what you offer is much too cheap
so I turn my back and call your bluff
no need to copy you to be enough
where you choose fear I choose love
regardless of what you approve of
as what you need to understand
is that I am my own best friend
and I am the best company
for me
Elle Vampa 