Confused When Appreciated

Weekly Diary Entry

I just don’t know…

I don’t know what I am,

What I’m like—

I don’t know what

You like about me.

I don’t know what

You want from me,

What you expect of this.

But I’ll admit I like it when

You say you like me.

I just don’t know

If what you like is real.

I don’t know if

The version you see

Is the truth.

And I wonder how long

It’ll take for you to realize

That I don’t even know

And leave me behind

Like everyone else did.

This story is part of a collection of poems, short stories and introspective diary entries, called “Grimoire of a Weird Person II”.