Don't bludgeon me with hatred, or wrap me in sadness. Don't cast upon me your plethora of despair. Let me be. For I am strong, and I have worked for everything that I possess. If you love me, love me gently, and if you resent me, be upfront about it. I am everything, and I am nothing. I am hopeless, but I am hoping. I'm a contradiction within one. I have a good grip on the world, but I am hanging on by simply a thread. I am just like you are, but I am completely opposite. I am simply me.