I like Spaghetti with tomato sauce, mushrooms, and shredded parmesan cheese

I like lots of vegetables and turkey on my subs and hot salted caramel on my ice cream

But say I preferred my noodles plain, my cheese grated, meatballs instead of mushrooms, mayonnaise on my subs, and fudge on my ice cream-

Wouldn’t I still be me?

I dress for comfort, with oversized hoodies, jeans, and scuffed-up sneakers

But what if I wore fancy shirts, short frilly skirts and the newest brand of shoes

If I dressed for appearance-

Wouldn’t I still be me?

If I traded my books for a TV screen and woke up early on weekends-

Wouldn’t I still be me?

If I stopped writing stories or watching DreamSMP-

Wouldn’t I still be me?

And if I stopped being insecure and didn’t care what other people think-

Wouldn’t I still be me?

But what if I stopped being shy and spoke my mind

If I wasn’t scared of people-

Wouldn’t I still be me?

Or what if I quit writing songs, playing guitar or piano, threw out my art, and put down my pencil-

Wouldn’t I still be me?

What if I donated all of my stuffed animals-

Wouldn’t I still be me?

What if I was all alone and wasn’t the slightest bit afraid-

Would I still be me?