WHAT IS IT ABOUT "ME"

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT "ME"

WHAT IS IT ABOUT ME THAT MAKES YOU SO COMPETITIVE
WHY DO YOU GO INTO SUCH A FRENZY WHEN YOU SEE ME IN THE WAY
IS IT THE WAY THAT I SMILE
IS IT THE WAY I JIGGLE WHEN I WALK
DONT BE MAD
SOME THINGS ARE JUST NATURAL
WHY DO YOU SMILE AND CHAT WITH ME AND THINK TO YOURSELF YOUR BLACK HEART I CAN'T SEE
ITS BLEEDING WITH RAGE AND JEALOUSY
ALL OF THIS BECAUSE I AM SIMPLY "ME"
WHAT IS IT ABOUT ME THAT YOU DESIRE TO BE
WHY BEHIND MY BACK YOU TURN UP YOUR NOSE
THEN SIT IN MY COMPANY AND STRIKE A POSE
LIKE I'M... HUNGRY FOR YOUR PRESENCE,
LIKE I DON'T FEEL OR I DON'T KNOW
YOU NEED TO GET THIS
BECAUSE THESE WORDS ARE MINE
YES OUT ON THE TABLE NOT HARD TO FIND
WHAT I DO
IT AINT FOR SHOW
 THATS WHY I CAN TELL YOU EASY COME, EASY GO
SEE WHETHER I'M FOUND IN LACK OR PLENTY
I'M RICH BECAUSE I AM A SEED OF MANY; HIDDEN TREASURES, AND DIADEMS
ANYTHING THAT AINT AUTHENTIC
I DEALS WITH NONE OF THEM
THATS WHY NO MATTER WHERE YOU STAND YOU CAN'T TOUCH-
ME BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED TO LOVE MYSELF SO MUCH
NOT BECAUSE I'M CONCIETED OR STUCK ON MYSELF
BUT I'M A VIRTOUS WOMAN BLESSED WITH WEALTH
SO WHEN YOU SEE ME IN THE MIRROR OF LIFE THAT SHINES
AND THE REFLECTION THAT YOU SEE, YEAH IT'S MINES
KNOW THIS TRUTH AND UNDERSTAND
I AM NOTHING JESUS IS THE MAN
HERES A TOKEN BEFORE I'M THROUGH
DON'T ENVY ME
JUST DO YOU
I'M SO TRANSPARENT THAT I CAUSE YOU TO SEE
YOU LOST WHEN YOU START COMPETING
CAUSE ONLY I CAN BE "ME"

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A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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