THE REAL ME- (POEM #16)

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"But darling.......
In the end you have to be your own hero,
Everyone else is busy trying to save themselves......."
                                                                                                                                                -Unknown

You say you understand right?
Or do you really?
Do you know how it feels
To want to be beautiful?
For someone to look at you and say,
"I'm so blessed to have her" or "She's so beautiful"

Do you know how it feels just to want to be good enough?
Of course you don't because I'm faking it right?
It's funny how people think because I smile,
My insecurities just disappear along with all my demons.

I try to be happy for the people who care,
Or the ones that claim they do.
Because if I die, 
I'll end my pain
But theirs will be endless,
Knowing they tried to help me.
But was there anything they could really do?
How can they tell me everything will be ok?
How can they look at me and tell me I'm perfect,but when I look at myself all I see are imperfections.

So please, do me a favor. Don't pretend like you know me, like you know the amount of nights I've cried myself to sleep.
Like you know the demons I fight daily.
You only know what I choose to show you.

You know my name, not my story.
You don't know The real me.

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