MY WORDS!
by Danielle Thomas

As I close my eyes, I see snow flakes dancing on my eyelashes,
a beat pulses through me as my blood rushes.
I listen with my heart and there is music everywhere.
Words begin to drain from me without fear;
I don't care if the world knows just how I feel.
I'll let these words drain as they may, for they take away my pain.

I open my eyes only to realize (and truly see)
that life is not what it should be.
Look into my eyes, you'll find nothing that's the truth,
because I won't let you reach my soul.
Read these words and you'll see that I do feel,
for these words bare aches of my youth,
these words are my truth.

A melody comes over me, can't help but sing:
a song of beauty,
a song of misery, so filled with fire,
a song about you, my heart's desire,
one song then another,
a song about my dear mother.

I open my eyes only to realize (and truly see)
that life is not what it should be.
Look into my eyes, you'll find nothing that's the truth,
because I won't let you reach my soul.
Read these words and you'll see that I do feel,
for these words bare aches of my youth,
these words are my truth.

I -- with all my triumphs, epiphanies, and scars
(both mental and physical) -- am my words.