I Am Me Without You

• Jonathan Alfonso, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2014

I know you things need you,
Yes I do love you,
But you are becoming over attached,
So here and now I say.

I don't need you,
I can smile without you,
I can live and I can breathe,
I don't need you to be me

I can stand on my own,
I can make my own way,
I don't need you to hold my hand,
To get me through the day.

I can climb mountains,
Without you there to push me through,
I can make it, I can do it,
I am me without you.