I looked at the faces in desk sitting adjacent from me.
My pain was pounding against the walls of head
I believed I wouldn't be able to keep it in.
I looked and for the first time
I saw something I have never seen before.
I saw others pain.
I saw the repercussions of inattentive parents.
I saw finger prints of long lost loves who never said goodbye.
I saw bruises about which they lie.
I saw scars hidden beneath sleeves
And tears dried on cheeks.
I saw everything
They didn't want me to see.
And suddenly the pain pounding against my head
Was no longer about me.