I Bleed

Sometimes i feel the person i am trying to be is a myth
or my goal is like trying to catch the wind
for they once told me i could be anything
but changed my mind because of expenses, life stepped in

But when you tear me down with words
words sharp enough to cut me
I don't get angry or give up instead
I bleed this calm person i always try to be

you told me, "you don't have to go to college
look at my life and see."
But if we both had cuts
there would be a difference in the blood we bleed

My soul is me and my life is because of my blood
so let me be me and don't force me to be you
so if i should die by the bullet of a gun or the stab
of a knife when i bleed i bleed me and not bleed you

I bleed like the traffic on highways as they speed along
which affects my heart and the love it showed so strong but could never hate you not even with a beat in my heart
because it is you why i bleed bleeding to be "smart."