All my life I’ve been told

Nothing but good things

How smart, funny, and handsome I am

The success I’ll bring

 

So I play my role

As this funny, confident man

So therefore there is no one

Who can bring down who I am

 

My grades look good

My GPA is just fine

I make my friends laugh

I have good management of time

 

That’s right, love me

For I have plenty of great traits

I am the example of the man

Those mothers want their daughters to date

 

Then someone pulled it back

They weren’t meant to see

This illusion everyone created

Is not the real me

 

 

So now they’ve uncovered

The insecurities and fears

They see my present and past

My pain and my tears

 

Does dad have enough money

To pay for school?

Should I talk to that girl?

Will I be made a fool?

 

Are my clothes stylish?

Does my hair look dumb?

Do I have an unbalance

Between work and fun?

 

Wait, that’s enough

I’ve shown too much

You’ve seen the man

That is in need of a crutch

 

No, I refuse to be that man

That you have seen

For the man that I am

Is just an illusion you see