I wanted to Impress you

I wanted to impress you...

but I am afraid I have failed

I wanted to impress you

so I shaved my face,

letting you know

that I am proud

of every young wrinkle

and of every scar

that I once hid.

I wanted to impress you

so I wore a shirt with buttons

to show you

getting my shirt off

takes more work

than just a slip of the hands.

I wanted to impress you

so I wrote a poem

with 17 words

that have more

than ten letters in them

to show you

I am smarter than those other boys.

I wanted to impress you

so signed myself up

to read my words

to a group of strangers

putting my own pride on the line

to show you

there are more important things to me.

I wanted to impress you

so I walked 3 inches taller

with my shoulders back

and my waist cocked tightly behind

to show you

I don't care that the world

can see my whole face.

I wanted to impress you...

until I found out

that the only person that you

are impressed by

is none other than your self.

so now I repress you

and your words

and your day to day verbs

to show you

that I am not impressed by you.

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