Itch

I don't hold myself back anymore
You did tell me to jump into the fray
"It's all about change" you said;
"being who you are, not being who others wanted you to be".

Now I am who I was "supposed" to be.
Why don't you like me anymore?
I can't retrace my steps; I have come too far.
I did turn around to look at the road I left behind
but I don't really want to go back that way.

I like who I am now.
It's a pity you couldn't accommodate
the change you wanted in the first place.
Like an itch that goes away
if you ignore it,
ignore me now till you get used to my
new self dissolving into normalcy.