The real me

nobody can really see me but the ones i care about know who i am and how i really feel

you see a girl who is crazy

who can be weirder than anything you've ever seen before

but do you know the real me

the real person I hide inside

scared to be shown and laughed at by many

do you know I am not really dumb

or weird, crazy or strange

I have been told by people that do know me that

I am smarter than i make it seem

I am funny not crazy

and i am not the person you see

all you see is a mask

worn to cover the real me

because i am scared of everyone beating me down

and making me only a person hid by my suicidal thoughts

covering who i really am and nobody see's my thoughts of suicide til they've seen my wrists

and how this fear can hurt me

so don't be like me

be your own person and don't be afraid of ridicule

be afraid of how you can be so scared you would hurt yourself but

DON'T be scared like i was

Be free to be you no matter who see's  

Author's Note

don't judge it yet bcuz it still in the works

Reviews

[Nicholas Antonio Young]

Very nicely done. I liked it

[this close]

Be yourself.

[G!o]

Wow this is really deep and i love the mask point of view. Truly enough everybody walks around while concealing the real them...beautiful writing Jess

[Shy Girl]

A very expressive piece you have wrote here. Acceptance is hard no matter how hard we try...sometimes just being us isn't good enough. You make very valid points and a strong message. :)

[Leigh]

A beautifully written piece that expresses the changes and levels of realisation we all go through as we grow into the person we finally accept ourselves as being.

[r. f. jordan]

this is important work that i read is being done throughout this piece. the speaker in this poem is taking their adversity, and using it to educate others on how to avoid their own. this is important work within poetry, because it permits pain, as a human condition, to unify. thank you for sharing your talent with us on this site.

[MOON]

Good write, we all wear masks , hide who we are , the fear of being known and judged.

[Tapher]

i think its personal and deep impacting, a great way to express yourself, good work. ^-^

[Lily Mae]

The gift we are given is to be true to ourselves.. this is a great write in support of that thought..xo

[Josh Arcelo]

I think this can be greatly improved if you made it more vague so that the reader has to figure out what you mean. simply throwing out the word suicide is very much an attention getter, but not in an attractive way. the more vague you make it the deeper and more pronounced itll feel and less of an attention-dependant person you shall sound like.