I'm not afraid of the dark
Just what's in the dark
I'm afraid of the monsters

I'm not afraid of heights
Just afraid of falling
Forever

I'm not afraid of love
I'm afraid of being hurt
By my love

I'm not afraid to try new things
I'm afraid of failing
And being laughed at

I'm not afraid to talk to people
I'm terrified of what they have to say
Either good or bad

I'm not afraid of everything
I'm afraid of important things
And honestly
Who wouldn't be?

No one else sees my friends
They are not invisible
Just gone

I always talk to them,
Ask them for advice,
Figure out my problems,
See if they like my ideas.

My friends are kind
Intelligent
Strange
They are not normal.
But neither am I.

People call me crazy
As I walk down the hall
Talking to my friends.

These people talk to their friends
Who can be cruel
Stupid
Utterly normal
And I think:
Who is the crazy one?

Happy
Falsely happy
Strangely happy
Way too happy

Angry
Truly angry
Amazingly angry
Overwhelmingly angry

Sad
Drowning sadness
Hidden sadness
Muted sadness

Normal
Always happy
Frighteningly angry
Scarily sad

Truly
Quiet happiness
Snapping anger
Boiling sadness

To so many young
Means blind
Young does not mean blind
But sensitive.
Sensitive to light,
Noise,
Feelings.
Not sensitive but hurt.
Always too loud.
Even in silence
Screaming in my ears.
Fake smiles,
Fake laughs,
Even fake friends.
Too young they say.
Too young
And always
Always too loud.