Do you see me? The real me? The me no one knows? The me hiding behind scars? The me with a heart too big for my chest? I think I hid for so long Because I didn’t even want to see myself Wearing skin that wasn’t my own Smiling through the invisible tears Moving when I didn’t know where to go There was a brief moment When you looked into me and not at me And you poked the walls I carefully crafted Like tiny dots in the night sky for you to explore Because you saw the light that created me When I only saw the darkness that forged me I forgive who I was And accept the person I am But in the
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