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I am a coward.
There is no light way to describe me.
I never can be powered
By the world you happen to see.

I hide behind a screen
That conceals my true self.
Because in the reality of a teen
I am afraid from falling off the shelf.
The shelf of the way society is seen
And the carelessness of one's health.

I cannot speak to you in person
For I am afraid of your answering tone.
If our relationship were to worsen
My heart would be broken, set in stone.

I wish I could speak
To be able to say what's on my mind
I could stand from atop the peak
And truly share what I find
Instead, I become the freak
Who always watches the perfect ones of her kind.

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