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I Don’t Want To I don’t want to make a million bucks I don’t want to worry about beauty first I don’t want to do everything myself I don’t want to let everyone do things for me I don’t want to help the poor I don’t want to give up what I have earned But I don’t think I earned this And I don’t think I’m being punished For a deed I did not committ Who am I supposed to apologize to Who am I supposed to accountable Who am I supposed to forgive I don’t want to think about the bad stuff but the bad stuff keeps coming back To haunt me And I don’t like it I don’t want to live this way, and I don’t want to keep paying for someone else’s sins people tell me I’m being pessimistic when I say I don’t want to But at least it proves, at least, That I am angry, and That I live And I do Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.