I'm tired to speak
because no one will listen to me
they said they hated me
for me being myself
and so I hide myself
because I'm scared
that I will be compared
just like how they wish
I could be that perfect version of a man
they always wanted me to become.
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Author:
fikrioshin (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: December 21st, 2025 08:45
- Comment from author about the poem: It sounds incredibly exhausting to carry the pressure of everyone else's expectations while having to bury who you actually are just to feel safe or accepted.
- Category: Reflection
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Comments1
A beautiful statement of what all fear, that of not meeting others expectations. As they say you can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you can't please all of the people all of the time so you might as well take off the mask and please yourself. In so doing you may also please one or two others that will love you for who you are, far better than being loved by many for what you are not.
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