To Dad
(2015)
Please don’t call me special today… It’s not enough to call my outside… You talk to me, but you don’t talk… If you take the time to look at my… I’m not anyone’s Cinderella, and…
They talk about the warriors Those individuals who are brave, n… They fight a lifetime of battles,… We are mesmerized by their inner b… We are inspired by their ability t…
I dreamed of love the other day, a… My body flying high on a cloud, my… Instead of accepting logic, I let… I knew that if I let that moment… I let him grab my manicured hand,…
Deep as a field wrapped in violet… The merchant sweeps past the ocean… A crow flies across a diamond incr…
People hurt me deeply, oblivious t… They sweep my dreams from beneath… I’m unable to spread my butterfly… They can’t see how much they affec…
Trapped in the bridge between the… Can’t defend my heart, no defeatin… I close my eyes and pray to God a… I know why they say that hate is s… Search behind life’s lines
We are crying Our tears dyed by blood-splattered… We know our screams are echoing ou… We know that the action may be use… We just square our shoulders and s…
You’ve asked me what love is, and… I wonder if it’s a feeling, an eve… I’m afraid to discover it, to let… I’ve been taught to hide in the sh… It’s unreasonable to think someone…
Why am I the one who always feels… I’m the first one to jump in and t… I try hard to keep myself open, al… If the problems are always consist… I try to shake this feeling, but t…
I’m ashamed by your assumption Thinking you know me through and t… But, since I don’t even know the… Your ways of thinking can’t be tru… I’m a great face artist
This pain in my heart, is almost m… Stuck in a maze of confusion, trap… I see release in my future... I imagine my withered soul spared Yet, I know I must make it throug…
What do you see when you see me Am I your average, non-specific g… Do your eyes glance past me, or ig… Am I a shadow in your nightfall A regular drop amongst your spring…
You say you wanna get to know me..… But, I don’t know if I’m ready to… I’ve opened up before and thought… I’m not that picture perfect girl… It’s not because I don’t want to…
Yell at me once, and I may cower… The spirit of an owl within the b… Unaffected by the tears that are r… There is no amount of sorrow that… Degrade my being and freeze my sou…
I won’t cry over love lost, but sm… I won’t feel that pang that regret… I won’t allow my heart to transfor… I’ll always see my life as a privi…
