Alyssa

Strength and weakness;
One exactly the opposite of the other.
Yet both are borne from exactly the same instance
One is coveted while the other is scorned.
Most you'll find, are host to the latter.
While the best of us lend ourselves to the former.
I don't even know where I stand,
And now you're asking me to reform?
You're asking me to change my ways;
To succumb to the memories of better days.
Complacently, I forfeit myself to your guidance.
The girl I've become is now a hindrance.
Am I truly better for you than she?
You seem to know better than me.
Your philosophical words are best to heed.
I have to separate myself from this need.