Fingers pointing
like you're a disgrace
You want to run
and hide your face

Have you ever
felt so shamed
that you wished
you had no name?

Many of you knew dysfunction
Many of you knew a house of pain
You may never have measured up
When all you felt was shame

You got it from all angles
This ugly thing of blame
Parents, teachers, bullying peers
This terrible thing called shame

You wanted to be anyone else
But you did not want to be you
For being in your own skin
Felt too wrong to be true

You're much older now
You're much wiser, too
But sometimes memories stab
And shame the core of you

Everyone has potential and value
Realize it not, and you continue in the same
Believing in the old lies about yourself
Don't settle for a life of shame