Monica Renata: I Can't Make You

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

I Can't Make You

I Can’t Make You

By: Monica Renata

I am great in my own right

Yet not everyone can see

But my words mean nothing to others

Who won’t let me be me

But the wait for me to express myself

Is like a predetermined defeat

My thoughts you want me to voice

But my words aren’t the words you want them to be

To say that I am fine

That is just a big fat lie

But the words that are true to my heart

Those are the words you will deny

To say I should express myself

To say I should be me

Yet you won’t listen to a word I say

Yet you say “Your words may influence me”…

But alas I know the reality

And it isn’t that hard to predict

I can’t change someone’s way of thinking

Especially when it is my words they choose to omit

So in my months of trying

I have to just let go

Let go of my foolish attempts

And realize what I should already know

I can’t make you do anything

That you don’t wish to do

So instead I shall sit there quietly

Waiting for a breakthrough

I can’t make you listen to me

Even though it matters much

So instead I shall keep my thoughts contained

While you reach out for my touch

I can’t make you understand how I feel

Because that isn’t what you want to do

But I can’t keep going through the same thing

I can’t take this torture I have been through……….

I am great in my own right

Yet not everyone can see

But my words mean nothing to others

Who won’t let me be me

But the wait for me to express myself

Is like a predetermined defeat

My thoughts you want me to voice

But my words aren’t the words you want them to be

So instead I shall just sit quietly

And not whisper a peep

I always knew some people wouldn’t accept me

But I never thought it would be you who wouldn’t let me be me

“Sometimes the ones we care about the most are the ones who really don’t care about how we feel. At times, some people become selfish and only acknowledge their feelings while neglecting yours….. Don’t let situations such as these bother you. Surround yourself with those who appreciate you for who you are and accept you completely” – Monica Renata