I’m Glad I’m Me

I don’t understand why everyone stares

When I take off my clothes and dance down the stairs.

Or when I stick carrots in both of my ears,

Then dye my hair green and go shopping at Sears.

I just love to dress up and do goofy things.

If I were an angel, I’d tie-dye my wings!

Why can’t folks accept me the way that I am?

So what if I’m different and don’t act like them?

I’m not going to change and be someone I’m not.

I like who I am, and I’m all that I’ve got.

Copyright Credit: Phil Bolsta, “I’m Glad I’m Me” from Kids Pick the Funniest Poems, edited by Bruce Lansky (Minnetonka, Minn.: Meadowbrook Press, 1991). Copyright © 1991 by Phil Bolsta. Reprinted with the permission of the author.

Source: Kids Pick the Funniest Poems (1991)