she’s the girl
that’ll give you a smile
as she goes to twirl.
you wish she’d stay awhile.

the one who has perfect grades.
she doesn’t even have to try.
you see her going far for decades.
and to you it’s not a lie.

lots of people that care about her.
she has friends all around.
a girl they’d all prefer,
never to be seen down.

but away from what you see,
she’s busy adding a new scar.
is that who you’d want to be?
a mind so dark,
not even a single star.

they don’t know
what it’s like not to cry.
yet feeling so low,
she just wants to say goodbye.

i am her.
that is me.
but i am okay.
all because you don’t see,
behind my ways,
my strategy.

a.b.