interpretation

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