Look at me .
at first glance , you see my big,brown,eager eyes
my small nose , red at the end
my chubby cheeks , rosy and flushed
my lips, slightly parted and chapped
my hair, surrounding every inch of my face
is that all you see ? well look deeper
my eyes are lifeless , and tired
brown has never looked more dull
big because of pain,
eager for reassurance and love
my nose , red from all my sniffling
my cheeks flushed from sucking in all the air when my mind has told them we are alive in a place and time with people who would rather have us dead
one is cool and damp with tears
the other red and throbbing from the collision with my mothers hand
lips parted slightly in shock but not enough for you to hear my screams of pain
they are chapped from all the biting of skin i have done to them
the anxious swirl of my tongue
my puffy hair , looking so soft,
like a pillow i cry into often
you can almost see how tired i feel