<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=434422" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Determined to Be Me</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do the best I can...<br>To be a better man than I am! <br>I can understand, <br>Why you don't acknowledge me.<br>I am not looking for your attention...<br>Nor your sympathy.<br>I am one who doesn't have that need! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I greet you with a smile, <br>I don't expect one returned.<br>I've watched you over time and found...<br>You carry hatred like it is earned.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That crap about turning the other cheek, <br>Is not my style at all! <br>I've seen the acts of so called christians...<br>And there are many lessons, <br>From 'those' hypocrites I have learned.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am not about to carry a banner...<br>To make a statement of my stance! <br>If I decide to wear pants, <br>Or a dress with heels...<br>Believe me when I say, <br>Your opinions about me<br>And who and what I am...<br>Doesn't change the way I feel! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">In fact my experiences...<br>Of 'this' man that I am, <br>Took me time to realize...<br>Ignoring people like you, <br>Strengthened my stand! <br>And clarified my stance.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So forget about your rhetoric.<br>You are neither the cause, <br>Or the effect of my plan! <br>I am determined to be me! <br>With or without an approval from you, <br>That sees and/or agrees! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">My mission here on this Earth...<br>From my birth, <br>Has always been to please God.<br>And He knows my value, <br>And appreciates my worth!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=434422" data-title="Determined to Be Me de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I do the best I can... To be a better man than I am! I can understand, Why you don't acknowledge me. I am not looking for your attention... Nor your sympathy. I am one who doesn't have that need! When I greet you with a smile, I don't expect ..."></div> </div> </div>

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