Can You See Me?
A portrait without a face,
A ghost without a spirit,
A phantom never feared,
An assassin who leaves no trace,
A song with no music and lyrics,
A form that was never mirrored,
A savior who couldn't save herself,
A warrior who couldn't fight for herself,
Swords and knives are no use when you were put to shame,
My being is a pain within itself,
With grief unknown I've bound myself,
Who's to blame?
I've masqueraded with tainted honour,
I've hid behind my decaying flesh and rotten bones,
I've concealed my wilderness in thin air,
They know not the dishonor,
The sticks and stones they throw pass straight through my skin and bones,
I lied, I never really was there,
I told you, I'm not real,
I hid for so long, I disappeared,
Just pieces of skin stitched that form a forgotten face,
To hide I'll kneel,
How do I reappear?
Where I stand lies not me, but a haze.
I'm screaming,
Can someone hear me?
Please, do you see me?
I've given up daydreaming,
Will they ever see me?
I no longer make flower crowns in meadows by trees,
Master of deceptions,
Yet a believer of hoax,
A dreamer who stopped dreaming,
Accepted a ghost's crooked perception,
Cold fury but no revolt invokes,
I've taken to aimless screaming.
A symphony never heard,
An elegy never read,
A tale never told,
Bleeding but not injured,
Through walls I wade,
Grief never sold,
A song never sung,
A language never learnt,
Forged in fire but not steel,
A maniac to death hung,
A corpse never burnt
