contradictory me

i am sometimes at a lost
   but then i don't really want to be found
i sometimes want to fly
   yet i also want to stay on the ground

i complain about work
   but i am afraid to go broke
i don't want to be too serious
   yet i can't even take a joke

i like to have people around me
   yet i enjoy being alone
i want to go see the world
   yet i prefer to stay home

i spend a lot of time worrying
   when i only want to be carefree
i am always, always thinking
   only to do a lot of things mindlessly

but are we really supposed to be
   definite, certain and decided?
is it okay to change our minds sometimes
   just as long as we are not all the time halfhearted?

Silly Little Bird

 


o silly bird by the window
won't you please stop chirping?
don't you know that it's late at night
and everyone else is sleeping?

o silly bird by the window
won't you please stop singing?
i have to concentrate on my book
and i have work in the morning!

o silly bird by the window
go away! start flying!
go fly as far as you can
so i can finish reading!

o silly bird by the window
you better start hiding!
for i will chase you away
unless you do what i'm asking!

undefined definition

i will not be defined
by what i do for a living
but instead i want to be known for
what i have been contributing

i will not be defined
by my religion and my race
but instead i want to be known
as one who won't put her talents to waste


i will not be defined
by what i have and what i wear
but instead i want to be known for
as one who plays fair


i will not be defined
by the organizations i belong to
but instead i want to be known for
the difference that i do


for i refuse to be labeled
i am not a brand
i am my own person
willing to make a stand