Hey Readers!

I wrote this poem to remind those who need it: being different is never overrated if you stay true to you. It can be easy to follow the trend and feel you need to be a part of the same thing as everyone around you. There may be a bit of cliché in my words, but I say them because it's true: own who you are and feel no need to be anyone else. I can't speak for anyone's individual journey, but just know there is no other that can be you. I hope this encourages you today!

When I believe in myself,

I can do anything

When I believe what I am,

I can see possibility

But when I try to be someone else,

I lose my originality

In this world influenced by copies,

Could I ever stand out?

It always seems people

Try to follow a bigger crowd

More is never enough

Less is bare minimum

How can I be myself

When it seems so distant?

And then, I think of all the times

I overcame and never faltered

My difference made the difference

Between leader and follower

It was that moment when

I felt so small

When I thought I was nothing at all

That my uniqueness deepened my love

Of myself and what it was

In this world influenced by likeness,

How can I keep it all aligned?

It wasn't wrong or

Failed with time

And then, I recalled memories of

Telling myself, 'we don't fit.'

Indeed, but we never were meant to

We had to step away and be

Exactly what compels us

To be unusual but ourselves

So many times,

I counted those moments

Where being 'me' was hard

To love

To trust

But now,

We've loved and trusted

Who stares back at us in the mirror

Because in this world influenced by popularity

And muchness

I am simply who I want to be

That, in itself,

Is never too much

For I am best when I am

Me, myself

That is never too much

It's all I ever need

To be