Who is 'Me' by Anoushka Turner (14, United Kingdom)

​‘Use three words to describe yourself’, they said.
‘Introduce yourself in thirty seconds’, they said.
‘Tell us something interesting about yourself’, they said.
‘Always be yourself’, they said.

‘Be who you want to be’, they said.
‘Be who you are’, they said.
‘Be happy being yourself’, they said.
‘Always be yourself’, they said.

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‘You are the future’, they said.
‘You can change the world’, they said.
‘You are whatever you want to be’, they said.
‘Always be yourself’, they said.

‘You should be pretty’
‘You should be smart’
‘You should be funny’
‘You should be unique’
‘You shouldn’t stand out’
‘You shouldn’t make a show of yourself’
‘Always be yourself’
They said.

How can I be ‘me’ when ‘me’ has been mashed and mangled,
Told to be something,
Forced to be another,
Lost and found,
Bashed and battered,
Taken apart and put back together,
Piece by piece.

A thousand piece jigsaw with one part missing.
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‘Life is a jigsaw’, they said.
‘Always be yourself’, they said.