--- title: I am what i am date: 2008-03-18T11:23:49Z modified: 2008-03-18T11:23:49Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/i-am-what-i-am/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 174 categories: - Life Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2008-03-18T11:23:49Z tags: - Life Poems --- a thousand masks across the world separated by time separated by distance live the same life as you want them to monday to sunday morning to evening day and night its the same same lies same treachery for the same love that you [care](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/care.md) a dime i am what i am i dont want fame i dont want pity all i want is love i am what i am and nobody else i am what i am and not same as everyone else i am what i am and not one in a crowd whereever i go i know where i stand i am what i am i am what i am i can’t be the one you want i can’t be the one you [dream](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/its-just-like-a-dream.md) of i am not the "hunk" i am not the "villian" i am not the one with the "looks" i am what i am don’t try and change me to be the man of your dreams i am not the guy with an identity each day with a mask for each occasion with [a life](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-life.md) for each person i am what i am just an ordinary guy sitting next to you with a single mask for all occasion with a single identity every day with a single life for all i am what i am the invisible ordinary guy and the odd one with an unique identity.