I don't want 
To straighten my hair
To trade my glasses for contacts
To lose weight
To wear trendy clothes
So you can say I'm pretty

I also don't need your acceptance
I just want to be left alone
To drink my coffee in peace
And enjoy the wind on my face
Because I don't care enough
About my appearance
To leave the windows up

Have you realized how deprived
You are
And how limited to liking certain things
Just to fit in 
When you tell yourself
You're standing out

I wish you would sing 
Like nobody's listening
(Because they're not)
And if they are
They just wish they had the courage to sing 
Like you're doing
And have fun
In that abandoned fashion

I wish you would dance
Even though you wore the wrong shoes
And it's so hot
And you don't know these people
All the more reason
The blisters will heal
The sweat will dry
And the people will forget
If they remember at all

Eat the cheese
The doughnuts
The cake
The steak
Drink the liquor
The cheap wine
The mountain dew that's no good for you
Hold the hand
Make the call
Because you get one trip

It's not easy to be a nerd
In a party crowd
To be a gardener
In a city
To embrace your contentedness
In a room full 
Of money hungry
Power tripping
Hustlers

If only 
You could just be
As happy with ourselves
As our dogs are
I don't tend to measure success
With money
Or possessions 
I measure it 
In tranquility
Moments that give me pause
And when it rains
It's another blessing
Even if it rains
On my picnic
Or my freshly washed car

I don't want to pick a season
I want to enjoy them all
I want to see something different 
Every time I look around 
I want to wave at strangers
Like Kindergarteners do
And not temper my excitement 
Even though it makes you uncomfortable 

I want to gallop across fields on horseback
And wear gaudy hats
And slurp oysters
And drink beer
And live life with abandon
Because 
We
Only
Get
ONE.