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what do you see

August 27, 2008
By Anonymous

what do you see
looking at me
a smiling face
a warm embrace
an attitude screaming snob
a bad job
an open book
a cunning crook
a tough outer shell
handling everything well
the way you perceive me
a girl running free
it's not all visible
the way that i am
it's all locked up
a cracking dam
the walls all inside me
the feelings i hide
they're falling before you
rushing out with the tide
next time you look
just keep in mind
the way that i am
to which you are blind

The author's comments:
i slapped this down on a piece of paper in about 10 minutes for an assignment in school. when i got it back my teacher, connie, told me that she loved it and encouraged me to read it to the class. i didnt think it was that good but i did it anyway and the class was silent until the end. everyone loved it and i realized that i was an ok poet. now i write it alot more.

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