I think it doesn't sound strange

if I don't want to be changed

but... just to be as I am.

I often hear some people say:

you ought, you should, you must.

You should work hard

and do everything fast.

But...I am grateful to the Lord

and take it as a reward

to be as I am.

There are some people

who want to meet me,

they say they need me;

but...most of them greet me

as I am not.

I do not blame anyone,

I do not complain,

but...there is something

I would like to remain:

to be as I am.

I can forgive,

but... would like to be forgiven.

I can believe,

but... would like to be believed.

I can love,

but... would like to be loved.

I can understand,

but... would like to be understood

at any state of my mood.

And...to be as I am.

Larisa R(Odessa, Ukraine)