Poetry is the only way
To know if I'm
Even remotely  okay

I write to feel
Feeling lets me know
That I'm still alive
Even though I may
Be dead on the inside

Poetry is a way
Of exposing my
Thoughts through words
That I can't use when
Expressing my emotions

Poetry is my life
The only think
Keeping my feet
Planted firmly on the ground

Make fun of me
If you must
But writing is
What keeps me happy

I am afraid to take off this mask I wear....
  



           for the real me you'll see... is not pretty



stay away......please
          

                                
  ­                                   *don't come any closer
              

            

                   you'll wish you hadn't
  


At least I think you would
                           




                                it's better this way
                                        






if you never see....




              So forget about it







                                     And forget about me






for
  



                       I
    




will




                                                 ­                Be








          **nothing more.....than a distant memory