A birthday cake… unbaked
A first day of school picture… untaken
And sidelines… silent
Are those the things that define me?
Who am I?
Am I what everyone else says?
Am I just an orphan?
Do I define myself or does society?
Does that day define me or do my actions?
Does that day with the rain splashing on my legs
The clouds covering the sun
The wind blowing the leaves
And my mother’s back walking away
Farther
Farther
And then… gone…forever
Is that what everyone sees
A girl with no one to love
No one that cares
No one to see their first game
Their first day of school
Or to see their birthdays
Yes… that is what they see
They see a flower that won’t bloom
A bird that won’t fly
And a sun that will never rise
They made me believe that I wasn’t good enough
My face not pretty enough
My clothes not cool enough
They made me cover up
Put makeup on my face until not even I
Recognized myself
The makeup trapped me
It suffocated my mind
And consumed my world
This thing called makeup made me dull
But helped my Fit in
It changed me
changed my face
My personality
And... my life
MY life
My beautiful unique life
The only thing that makes me
ME
But now I’m taking it off
And now I am free
I am free to be myself
And do what I want
Now I can bloom
I can fly
And I can rise
You ask
Who am I?
I am what I say