Saturday, May 11, 2013

BeHiNd ThE mAsK


all the love in the world couldn't save her now;
she has been alone for far too long and just
wants to be left that way,
to stay free and
do nothing but relax; love
is so often is wrong, it leaves her with nowhere to
go; so she stays put, no matter how much she wants to be
home with family;

she hates how everyone 
wants her to be someone else just
to conform to society rules; they try to
remove everything that she is so they can accept
the person she is when she is wearing a
mask and hiding everything
that she feels 
is wrong;
so often she wishes she could just
close her eyes and go
to a place far away where
being yourself and never pretending is always a
permanent way of life;

she wishes everyday that who she
is would be enough; she's 
tired of wearing the mask 
of a lost girl who is just trying to fit in by
hiding everything that she is; she's
tired of being looked down on because
of what she went through in her past and what she is still
running from to this day; she's
tired of pretending to be part
of something where
being yourself is not
something you are allowed to do; she tries to think
that somewhere there is someone who is like
she is and 
is just wanting to be part of something bigger.
not an act.

WaTeR


her release is the water
it helps her heal
helps her grow
helps her think
helps her live
without it, she'd be nothing.

if she were to walk away right now
she'd have no place to go
no place for comfort
no place with love
no place to call home
if she left, they would walk away.

She looks at the water and sees herself
she sees freedom
she sees calm
she sees change
she sees peace
she is the water, the water is she.