Am I Still Who I Think I Am??

People can be so Judgmental
They criticize you by the way they perceive you to be
And no the way you are.
The moment they see you with a small imperfection
You start being treated as a product
marked with a label.

Sometimes regret comes at the end.
You would wish you were where you started.
But if I were to wish now
The friendships I worked hard to build would be shattered
into little pieces.
People important to me would turn out to be strangers.

Why is it that you don't use your heart?
How come you only use your eyes and greedy mind?
Seeing part of me physically
I am not what you think I am!
I am far away from what you think I am

This sadness I blame you!
What you have started. they think they should finish.
What they are to laugh and make fun of
Is something I have to get used to, even if it means
Sacrificing my joys for theirs, everytime they would throw insults.
My happiness for theirs.

Once I thought I knew myself
Better than any other individual, No.. you made it seem different.
You made me feel that I am completely unknown,
Unidentified and renewed to be
What kind of being I am in your selfish mind.
I became a stranger to myself, surrounded by the clouds
The clouds of insults that changed how I believed in myself.

All I ask of is a chance
How can you be so greedy, so self-centered!
I just wanted to prove you wrong.
You labeled me without knowing me.
Sometimes I would want to agree.
But knowing myself as a person makes me stronger

Being silent, I think is the best way
to somehow, even for a while, brighten up my day
To make myself believe
that I am not who you think I am.
To avoid you and your sharp tongue.
To ignore your judgments even your slightest insults.