when I was younger
I was told I could be
anything I want to be
I use to say
I want to be
an artist
a musician
a mermaid
then I got a little older
and people said
that I could be want ever I want
but when I would tell them
they would laugh and say
pick something more realistic
when I was younger
i locked my heart in a box
hidden inside of my closet
because I was scared that it would get broken
and it did
my heart has been
broken and sown back together so many times
I have lost count
I have all the scars from the
ally operations my family did to try and fix me
When I was younger
I fell in love with the sky
day and night
I would sit out all day to see the sun
and fight the urge of sleep at night
just to see the sky
people said I need to love on the ground
like all the others
but I am not like the others
When I was younger
I would always play pretend
I would fake my smiles and my laughter
but I would try to give someone
real laughter
I was just giving and giving happiness
until there was none left for me
I still fake my smiles and my laughter
I still have all the scars that plague my skin
like a incurable disease
but life is full of pain
it only makes life hard
but every time you gat knocked down
stand back up
dust yourself off
and keep moving forward