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I can't change for you by ~Dentednotbroken:iconDentednotbroken:



You cannot ask someone to change
As a prerequisite to being with you
I have struggled a lifetime to change myself
With mixed success
Do you think I could change for you
Easier than for myself?
I am who I am.
With strengths and weaknesses.
I should try hard.
I can be motivated to be at my best.
I want that external motivation.
Someone urging me to improve myself,
Further my goals,
Succeed and prosper.
But that is encouragement,
Not requirement.
I will either change
Or I won’t.
I’ll do the best I can
No more.
Love me for who I am now
Or don’t love me at all.
©2007-2009 ~Dentednotbroken
:icondentednotbroken:

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This is a repost of an old one. But it still has merit.

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:iconflamejohnson:
:(....Don't worry Luka. You're gonna be ok. you're a strong man. besides, whoever wanted you to change is nutty. i think you're just perfect with all your flaws and everything. just like everyone else.

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Hear no evil, dont you see no evil
Don't you lay no evil down on me
Speak no evil, don't you think no evil
Don't you play with evil 'cause i'm free
:iconsaskuto:
i completely agree... you are perfect just as you are Luka. Only change for you... not anybody else. And i know you will get to where you want to be. I believe in you. :hug:

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:iconelbethius:
yeah, person who wants to change you, is right in the start wrong person to be with. and yeah, i agree with those two, bro, you are the man :) never change

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After endless nightmares she lies weeping in her bed
A blade in her hand, her nightdress is turning red
Her skin becomes paler in this cold and stormy night
This is the end of all her painful dreams of suicide
:iconartist-without-cause:
and i agree with those 3, dont let em change you, your you i wouldnt have it any other way :)

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“It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.” - Oscar Wilde
:iconforevadamned:
dude if you change...i will kick your ass so hard you're ansestors will feel it!! ALRIGHT? hahaha always wanted to say that and i guess it was the right time to haha, but yeah don't ever change! it sucks

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We all go through the same amount of pain just in different ways!
:iconevilshrew:
Truer words have never been spoken. I won't lie, I've tried to shoehorn myself into something I wasn't for someone, and it's always failure. I'll remember these words next time I start something new.

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Nobody was really surprised when it happened, not really, not on the subconscious level where savage things grow.
:iconliolta:
Very well spoken! People should indeed accept you for who you are. Unfortunately doesnt happen too often though.

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:iconsweet-dolly-gurl:
i sooo agree!! i believe i have a poem similar to this, bout being who you are. but yeah never change, unless it's for your self and for the good, your weaknesses are not only weaknesses they are strengths as well and though your strengths may also be weaknesses some times no matter what we ALL have them, and ones weaknesses and strengths make them... :) and your a great guy... so dont change no matter what :D

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:iconjadisofeternity:
life is so complicated and you see it so vividly (or maybe I should say feel, not see) and have the skill to put it into words that speak to everyone, clearly.

you are amazing

I find the comments people gave you here interesting...many of the say don't change. you will cange. change is life is change, and you have changed even in the time since you wrote this poem. I hardly know you, but I know you have changed between than and now.

but you make very clear here that you know what changes you need to make and you know who needs to be in charge of that change.

who you are now includes who you were and who you are becoming, tho, so loving you for who you are now does not mean wanting you not to change...only not wanting to change you, or make you change.

I hope you never lose the wonderful vision and perspective you have, and your skill with words

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-------Jadis///...
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