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When I look at myself,

All I see is a mask.

A mask that hides the emotions.

The anger, the pain, the sadness.

All I see is a mask.

But when look into my eyes,

The windows to my soul.

The one crack in my mask.

I see all those emotions,

Breaking through.

I can finally see myself in full.

I can finally see what others see.

I can finally see,

Me.

Im not what I thought I was.

Im just an ordinary girl.

An ordinary girl with a mask.

A mask that hides

me.

The me I truly am.

The me that's not just a mask-

But a an ordinary girl.

An ordinary girl that feels, and hears, and sees, and tastes, and smells, and bleeds.

The me I truly am,

Not only hears,

not only sees,

not only feels what you say and do.

I feel what i feel,

and there's nothing i can do,

or say,

that will change the way i feel about you.

I wish my mask would crack just a little more.

Just enough so that you see that what you do,

Affects​ those around you.

Just enough so that you could see that what you do,

Affects me.

I know that I am not alone.

I know that I have a good life.

I know that I have troubles.

And I know you have them too.

That doesn't mean,

That you know me,

Or that i know you.

That doesn't mean,

That you know what I've been through

Or that i know what you've been through.

It simply means that we both feel, and hear, and see, and taste, and smell,

and most importantly we both bleed.

We bleed happiness and sadness

We bleed peace and war

We bleed forgiveness and envy

We bleed.

We bleed because we are both alive

We bleed because we are both here

We bleed because we are both human

And we bleed because we are both in pain.

We may not bleed in the same places.

We may not have the same scars

We may not feel the same things

But we both bleed

We both have scars

And we both feel.

We both have masks

We both have cracks

We are both ordinary

We both see, and hear, and taste, and smell.

We both wish and dream

And We both - bleed.

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