Can you see me?

Through the grey and black

Questions shoot from side to side

Why, how, who

Do you see me how I do?

Sad, angry, confussed

As I walk along this troubled road

Tiles slip from beneath my feet

As I try to hold on to reality

Can you see me?

Blades sharp but no pain

A short glimpse of light

Hope, happy, love

Changes to lost, lonely, numb

My makeup becomes my mask

Hides lies, hurt and tears

So easy to pretend

Pretend to be someone else

Can you see me?

Do you want to? Or will judgement consume you

What’s life without a little pain

But what do I gain, from constant pain?

Knives sharp

Words cut deeper, deeper into veins

Words hold meaning

Memories so powerful, my mind is still there.

Growing older, wiser

Mentally still stuck

You spit words like venom

Throwing hands, I still feel the impact

Can you see me?

Do you see me now?