What People Don't See

My Story

Author's note: I decided to add my story to this collection. I hope you enjoy.

I’m more than that girl you see

I’m more than what my exterior shows

Look into my eyes and see

The real me no one sees.

I’m more than that faded smile

Or dried up tears

Or that laughing child.

Look pass my false mask,

Look into my soul.

I’m more than that sprinter in bright colors

I’m more than who you see

Look into my eyes and see

The pain I’m concealing.

Listen pass my laughs of joy

Listen closely

I’m more than what you hear.

When I cry, it’s from pain

I’m crying for help

But do you hear me?

Do you hear what I’m saying?

You say you know me,

But do you really?

Can you tell

My smile is faded,

Or my laughs are forced?

Can you hear me

Crying out in pain,

Or crying for help?

Can you see

Pass the bright colors I wear

Or pass the false front?

Can you look inside

And see

A scarred heart,

Broken dreams,

A battered soul?

Can you see

The me I don’t show?

Can you look at me

And honestly say

You know me?

I say no!

You don’t know

The real me,

Very few people do.

Look into my eyes

Do you see my pain?

Do you see me?

You say you know me,

But yet you don’t.

You can know me for years,

But still all you can know

Is my false mask.

Let me introduce myself

I’m that loner,

That girl in the corner

All alone in tears.

People always ignore me,

Not knowing why I cry.

I’m a burden

To everyone,

I bother people

With all my problems.

I’m a complainer,

Apparently I complain too much.

I’m a bitch

According to some

I have a tendency

To beat myself up,

I have a low self-esteem

I’m the loner

In a corner,

The silent child

Who changed too much,

I sit in tears  

Without anyone caring.

You say you know me,

But you don’t know

The real me

No one sees…

You gave up

Trying to know me

I was too much for you

I scared you away

Like so many others before

My problems were too much

The real me too scary

You gave up on me

You let me fall

Without catching me.

But still you say

You know me

When truthfully you do not.