Identity

Can you remember who you were

Before everyone started judging you?

Before hiding your personality,

Changing for them too?

You wanted to be someone else 

But they told you who to be.

Pressured by them, changing who you were

You lost your identity.

You wanted to be an activist

"Be a lawyer," they said, instead.

Complying, although it wasn't your wish,

Your dreams, you let them shred.

You finally met your soulmate,

True love, you knew in your heart.

But they didn't approve, didn't like her,

In the end, you had to part.

They shape you into what they want

You're not yourself. You're clay.

Your dreams, your spirit, all these things,

From you, they took away.

You're not you anymore. You wish

You could be yourself. Be free.

You can't even remember who you were

Before the world told you who to be.

They've sucked the you out of you.

Between the world and you, it's a war.

And now, as to who you are, you find

You don't know anymore.