I am me

not someone I was expected to be

I started off like a tree

a seed planted inside my mommy 

the difference between me and this tree is i can determine what I am to be

everyone I knew tried controlling me

like the wind and sun would control the baby tree

people folded me and molded me into their vision of what I should be 

but as I came to age I escaped this cage

realizing my life was controlled only by me

unlike a silly growing tree only working to gain its stability 

a successful independent women is what I am to be

no more about this dumb tree know this is going to be all about me and who I shall come to be

i will have class and confidence and education and grace

i shall do my best to keep a smile on my face

for me all I want is positivity

and when the day comes that someone else asks me how I came to be

a story will be told of how I started like a tree.