Just Me

Is there anyone out there
In whom I can confide?
My deepest secrets, darkest thoughts
My thirst to find that one true love?

Can anyone hear me?
When I cry out at night
Or feel my emptiness
When nothing feels right.

Can anyone see me?
Or am I invisible to all?
All I’ve ever wanted
Is to love and be loved.

Can anyone feel me?
Feel this pain?
This hollow sensation
That I cant quite explain

Does anyone know me?
Or have I put up too many walls?
It doesn’t matter
Since no one’s tried to get through them all.

Please don’t tell me that you’re going to be there
If you give up as soon as it gets tough.
Please don’t tell me you care.
When you’re going to leave as soon as you’ve had enough.

Please don’t say anything at all,
If you’re not going to bother to get through these walls.
Please don’t say you love me…
Because I don’t know how to be loved.

Please don’t look at me
With judging eyes
When you see the scars on my skin
And tears I can no longer hide.

Please don’t get mad,
When I don’t open up
Or make eye contact
It’s so hard for me to trust.

Please accept me for all that I am
And if you don’t like something
Try to understand
That I’m not perfect; I’m just a simple human being.
And that maybe, deep inside, I’m just what you needed.

But please, don’t look into my eyes,
If all you’re going to do is lie.
Don’t tell me we’re meant to be,
When you keep trying to change me.

Don’t try to change me,
Help me if you want.
But don’t push me to be,
Something that only you want.