As I Am

Why can't you just accept me as I am?
My whole life, I've been poke and prodded, told that I'm not good enough, told what to do and who to become to be more acceptable to everyone else. But you say you love me.
So, why can't you just accept me as I am?
When I asked you what you liked about me, you told me you loved everything that I am. But you lied. You keep trying to changed things that make me ME and it really hurts my feelings.
But you still can't accept me as I am.
Why? Love does not judge, yet you're judging me. You don't like the way I dress. You don't like my type of fun. You don't even like my personality. I can tell because you keep trying to change it.
Maybe that's why you can't accept me as I am.
I'm not what you were looking for. You want a mini-me. Someone just like you, who does what you do and likes what you like. Well, that's not me. I'm sorry. I wish it was because I love you and never want you to go. But all I can be is ME.
So, Baby, just accept me as I am...