Just Accept Me

I stand here before you

stripped of all my clothes

cleansed of all my make-up

robbed of all my inhibitions

this is the truth

this is me

naked and bare

exposed for all to see

this is real, honest

everything I have to hide is obvious

I am only human

so why can’t you accept me

see my scars that run through my skin

telling the story of the torment inside

see my fractured heart

my empty soul crying out for salvation

these tears that roll continuously from sad eyes

my fears shoved out in the open

all I ask is for you to accept me

do not beat me down

do not force me to fit a mold not shaped for me

I can not achieve that level of perfection

I have flaws

I am broken

but I can be repaired

it only requires some acceptance

but everyone insists on pushing

trapping me inside a tiny box of their desires

despite what I want and who I really am

my feelings are unimportant

my pain is so easily overlooked

but I don’t think I am asking for much

just accept me

I do come with defects

I am damaged goods

there are dark thoughts

stored away in this fragile mind

but just because this soul is ripped and torn

does that make it any less deserving

I am only pleading one small desire

just accept me for who I really am

this is me

accept it