See Me.

 

It’s a constant battle

To get people to look me in the eye.

That wouldn’t be so difficult to handle,

If I didn’t know what it had felt like before.

How it felt, 

To be seen.

To see,

Eye to eye. 

 

Please, I pray silently

Please, see

Me. 

 

Look me in the eye and see,

where life has taken me.

Which roads I have crossed,

Which roads I have built.

Which roads I have lost

Look me in the eye and see, 

Where I have crawled,

My blood, sweat and tears.

 

Look me in the eye and hear,

My story.

The battles I have won, 

And those that I have lost.

My hard earned lessons,

Swallowing heartbreaks.

Listen to the sound of my steps,

The taste of my desire. 

I breathe, I exhale.

I breathe. 

I yearn, I lust, I live. 

I love. 

See it.

 

Please, 

look me in the eye,

And not at my chair.