Let me be

I am me
and you are you
but you want me
to be like you;
wanting me to be like you
wanting others
to be like me.

Now if I became you
wanting you to be like me,
you would be me
before I became you
becoming you…

And soon
I would be me again

So if you want me
to be like you
let me be me.

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