poem "Tell me" (Shel Silverstein)
- Author: Shel Silverstein
- Publisher:
From the book Falling up (1996).
Text
- Tell me I'm clever,
- Tell me I'm kind,
- Tell me I'm talented,
- Tell me I'm cute,
- Tell me I'm sensitive,
- Graceful and wise,
- Tell me I'm perfect -
- But tell me the truth.