Look my in my eyes and tell me what you see
Do you mistake my smile for happiness or my brown eyes for disparity
The straight horizontal lines on my arm, do you call it crying out for attention
The pain, tears and blood for all the stories I forgot to mention
I look in the mirror and see a reflection
Hug myself for protection
View myself as ugly, diseased like an infection
Yet you see beauty, but that is a misconception
I am similar to hydrochloric acid, cause I burn from the inside out
I cry at the thoughts I think, sometimes not knowing what its about
I attempt to pour my heart out to you but you shove it back into my chest
You kiss my lips with the texture of silk, this milk chocolate skin you caress
Are you oblivious to the story that is hidden under my braces
Try to relive my past, attempt to switch my life places
Mental and Verbal abuse went on for about 5 years
I never show emotions to people who might judge so I cry silent tears
No tears fall out of my eyes, but believe me I still experience pain
Don’t be blind to the story that is masked by this 5’7 African American, brown eyes, curvy shaped, glasses wearing frame