You’ve been trying
To figure me out
Looking so deeply
In all the wrong spots
The truth is hidden
Far from your view
I can tell from here
You’re just not capable
Of looking beyond
What you can see
I want to trust you
But I just don’t feel it
Scared to be hurt
I am guarding myself
From the pain hiding
In what you don’t say
Omission from responsibility
Has left you guilty
You’ve been trying hard
To hide what I see
And it breaks me up inside
To think you must be ashamed
Why do I have to pretend
Like I just don’t care
I hate you for overlooking
That I am human too
I have invaded a private world
Where I do not belong
And it hurts me to say
That I just cannot stay
Cathy Marie Bown 