Beyond the Face

I feel alone
Doesn't anybody see?
I'm falling apart
What's happening to me?

No one knows
How I feel.
It hurts so much
It feels unreal.

I'm buring inside
With hatred and grief.
I'm breaking into bits and pieces
Just like a harmless leaf.

Why do I feel like this?
Just tell me why.
Is it because of who I am?
Or it is because I can't fly?

I can't fly to my own world
Where I can be just me.
With no judging or laughing
Where I can be just me.

I want to soar into the sky
Feel the wind beneath my feet.
I want to go to a better place
Where I can dance to my own beat.

But I have friends
Who help me a lot.
With all the things in life
Everything that I've fought.

And I now know that
I've always been in that place.
With all the help I've gotten
I am now able to look beyond the face.

- Stefanie, 2003