Me

Can't anyone see my troubled soul

Lost beneath layers of anger?

I turn to tell you who I am

My voice gets stuck in my throat

Like I'm ringing my neck with a rope,

I turn away and keep a hurting burden

Of the secrets locked up inside me.

Can't anyone hear my tormented thoughts

Buried in the depths of my mind?

I'm searching for love, wanting attention

Desperate for recognition, I try to get respect.

I tell you to listen to me, but what I say, I did not expect.

I yell at you and throw out all of my troubles

In one anguished blow after another.

Can't anyone feel my insecure self

Scared of revealing itself to the world?

I try to be nice, I want to be myself

But I don't even know who I am.

Am I the demon or the angel?

My thoughts are at war when I need to be at peace.

Please, someone, guide me. I don't want to be lonely anymore.

Can't anyone see my troubled soul?

Hear my tormented thoughts?

Feel my insecure self?

I want you to know who I am

But I cannot share myself with you, yet.

And don't you ever repeat a word of this.

Or else!