For Me

I made this choice

For me

Can't you see

Things are not the same

I am smarter now

I see more clearly

I am ready to live my life

The one I was given

And the life I lead before

Wasn't living

I was simply letting myself

Be pulled

Pushed

Shoved

Buried

Beneath

Expectations I never had to fulfill

And demands that were never fair

I always rose to the occasion

But now

I will choose the occasion

It's my party

And I will smile cuz I can.