I AM WHAT I AM

I AM WHAT I AM 

I LIKE PEANUT BUTTER AND PUPPIES,

MILKSHAKES AND MEMORIES

AND I LIKE FLUFF BUT NOT MARSHMALLOW.

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I AM AMERICAN SO I LOVE BASEBALL,

BUT YET, I DON’T LIKE WATERMELON OR APPLE PIE.

I ALSO LIKE THE DOG PLUTO,  BUT NOT MICKEY MOUSE. 

`I WISH FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE

BUT THEN DOUBT IT CAN BE TRUE.

I LIKE TO THINK I AM A OPORTINISTIC PESSIMIST! 

`I WISH GOOD THINGS FOR YOU,

BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE LEFT OUT.

I WILL GIVE YOU THE WORLD

BUT SECRETLY NEED SOMETHING IN RETURN.

A PLEASE OR A THANK YOU WILL BE JUST FINE. 

`I WANT TO DO THINGS

BUT  I DON’T WANT TO LEAVE WHERE I AM.

I WANT A BIG OL’ PICKUP TRUCK,

BUT I DRIVE A SMALL PRACTICAL CAR. 

`I LOVE WHEN SOMEONE NEAR ME

HUMS, WHISTLES OR SINGS.

THAT MAKES ME FEEL ALL COMFY AND WARM.

` I TRULY ENJOY BEING ALONE,

BUT NOT FOR TOO LONG BECAUSE I LIKE TO TALK A LOT.

AND THAT IS EITHER YOUR ENJOYMENT OR DISPLEASURE.…

BUT THAT IS JUST ME. 

`I LIKE HUGS BUT NOT TOO MANY KISSES

I LIKE TULIPS BUT NOT ROSES.

` I AM DRAMATICE – IN GOOD THINGS AND BAD.

I FEAR THE WORST, WORRY ABOUT THE “WHAT IF’S”

BUT IF IT WAS YOU, I WOULD TELL YOU JUST THE OPOSITE…

I WOULD SAY; “YES YOU CAN” OR “IT’S OK”, “NO, NO THAT WON’T HAPPEN” 

`FUNNY, MAYBE I SHOULD START TALKING TO MY SELF

I KNOW I SHOULD; BUT I DON’T APPEAR TO BELIVE MYSELF

BUT I BELIVE IN YOU! 

`I GET EXCITED AND I EXAGERATE

BUT ALL IN GOOD FUN.

I LIKE TO BE SILLY, LAUGH AND EVEN SOMETIMES SNORT. 

`A GIGGLE OF A CHILD IS AS GRAND AS A WEE FAT, CHERUB

(BUT I WON’T CHANGE A DIAPER!!)

I LIKE WINKS, SMIRKS AND EVEN SOUR-PUSS FACES.

` I STAND BY MY WORD

AND I WILL STAND BY YOURS

I WILL PROTECT YOU AND CARE FOR YOU

BUT WHEN I AM SICK OR TOO SAD;

I JUST NEED TO BE CODDLED AND CARED. 

`I AM JELOUS BUT HONEST.

I WANT WHAT YOU HAVE.

IT MAY NOT BE RIGHT BUT IT IS WHO I AM.

` YOU CAN HAVE MINE IF YOUWANT –

EVEN IF I DON’T WANT TO GIVE,

IT IS YOURS IF YOU SO DESIRE 

`I LIKE THE WORDS: SNOOKERED, POPPYCOCK, SISCORS AND BOO

JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE FUN TO SAY.

I LIKE THE NAMES FERGUS AND GILLICK

AND THE NAMES MADELINE, KELLEY AND BETH;

BUT I DON’T LIKE MY OWN.

` I DON’T LIKE BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO;

BUT IF YOU JUST ASK, I’M SURE I WON’T MIND

I’M GLAD FOR YOUR SUCCESS

BUT THAT DOESN’T MAKE YOU BETTER THAN ME 

`I TRY HARD AND WORK HARD

SO I AM AT LEAST YOUR EQUAL.

I CARE AND I GIVE AND I AM RELUCTANT TO TAKE.

` SOMETIMES I WISH I HAD MORE

AND I COULD SHARE IT WITH YOU

BUT I DO SO VERY MUCH LOVE WHAT I HAVE.

` I DESIRE, REQUIRE AND HONOR RESPECT.

SOMETIMES I MAY COUNT ON YOU OR RELY ON YOU TOO MUCH

YET SOMETIMES, IT HAS TO BE DONE;–

BY NONE OTHER THAN ME.

` MAYBE YOU LIKE THAT ABOUT MEAND MAYBE YOU DON’T.

BUT ALL OF THIS IS ALL TRUE, BECAUSE….

I AM WHAT I AM.

` AND I LIKE WHAT I AM.

IF I CHANGE MY THOUGHTS, IDEAS, LIKES AND DISLIKES;

I WILL STILL BE WHAT I AM. 

` YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE

AND THAT’S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU.