Look at Me (poem)

I don't want to be

Your declaration of independence

I don't want to be

Your father confessor

Or your counselor

Or your therapist

I don't want to be a substitute

For your husband

Or your dad

I don't want to be

A stand-in

For the brother you never had

I don't want to be

A player

In the script you write

And direct

I don't want to be

The fulfillment of your

Emotional or sexual fantasies

And to tell you the truth

I don't even know how

To be any of those things

Those desires are yours

I only know how

To be me

But deep inside

I am everything

You want me to be

And if you let me

I will love you

But if you can't

Please tell me

And release me

So I can walk away

To find someone

Who can