I Am Me

I woke up today
From a batch of weird dreams
They quickly evaporated
Something about them must have been unsettling
Because the first thing I looked for was someone to hold
Someone to hold me
Then I realized I'm all alone
No one there to hug me to
No one to touch, remind me its okay
I'm a grown man
But still want to be hugged like a child
By a mother who loves me
Hugged by a woman, who adores me
But I have neither
So I must do what a man must
Suck it up and wait for the feelings to go
But I say that's bullshit
and I hate the idea of masculinity
The same with femininity
There are no rules that make us who we are
No guidelines that say we are man or woman
If I feel sad I will cry, I will talk to my friends
I will want to be loved
I don't always want to be independent
The same way a woman isn't required to wear makeup
or be the stay at home mom
I've broken free of these shackles of this conformity
And I won't let anyone tell me different
For I'm my own man
Not societies man
I hope one day I can find
A woman's own woman
And tell her how powerful she is
How beautiful she is
I am not a picture someone took
Or a story someone else told
I am me