--- title: I Am Only Me date: 2007-04-06T16:05:55Z modified: 2018-04-26T07:24:33Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/i-am-only-me/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 121 categories: - Friendship Poems - Life Poems featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/only_me.jpg" featured_image_alt: I am only me author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2018-04-26T07:24:33Z tags: - Friendship Poems - Life Poems --- ![I am only me](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/only_me.jpg) I am only me, that is all that I can be No more, no less, don’t second guess I love, I laugh, I live and cry, I’ve wished at times, that I could die Some [days](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/better-days-are-coming.md) I’m funny, others I’m not, sometimes I’m in overdrive and can’t stop I am a loyal and honest friend, You know that I’ll be there until the end I am a father/mother, my children my greatest gift, The smiles on their faces always give me a lift I am a romantic, sensual, and [passionate](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/be-passionate-through-life.md) too, to the love of my life, I’ll share this with you I can be sweet and shy or sassy and bold, I’m quite a handful, or so I’ve been told I am not perfect, I do have my faults, like when I get scared I put up high walls Or I’m not as forgiving, as I’d sometimes like to be, because when I hurt, I hurt deeply My logic is all my own, at times misunderstood, because I don’t always do things for my own good I have many facets, like a diamond you see… I am only me. By Ruth Bourdon