Take Me As I Am Poem by Sherry Painter

Take me as I am,
I will not settle with you while trying to change who I am,
Into what YOU want me to be!

You can take me as I am,
I will not change,
I cannot bare the thought of myself acting like someone eln's!

Impossible,

You cannot just waltz up in here and demand that I change,
I will not allow it!

Impossible!

Take me as I am,
Take me as the wild women I am,
Take me as the loud mouth I am,
Take me as the sweet George Peach that I am,
Take me as the rebel girl I'm really suppose to be,
Take me as the kind-one I really am,
Take me as the one-of-a-kind I am suppose to be,
Take me as the real independent women I am,
Take me as complex creature I really am.

If you don't like something you see on me,
Well then I just ain't the one for you,
Not now, not ever…