I’m hiding in myself

It’s like I cease to exist

Fighting to hold onto the truth that persists

Walking around outside I seem happy and free

But deep inside I’m crying at night

Perpetual darkness within my mind

It doesn’t matter how smart I may be

A’s or F’s don’t define me

That I try hard should be what really counts

 But even inside I’m killin’ myself

Perfection is what we all strive to be

But just look around and what do you see

The lives we’re shaping, the hearts we’re breaking

Every single move we’re making

None of it seems all that real

But the hurt I garner is what I feel

I’m hiding inside from what I should be

How this world tries to shape and define me

I’m supposed to be the one taking charge

But instead I’m hiding out

Not wanting to go too far

But not making a move

Now that’s a choice

But it’s time that I share my voice

Pay attention

This is our world

We shape it

Nobody else

Now we take charge and show who’s boss

Stop hiding from ourselves before our cause is lost

If you know who you are then you can’t go wrong 

This is my life and I sing my song

More than just a reader

I’m a writer too

I write my own stories and live my own life

I stand up and fight

Right here and right now 

No stopping this gal

She’ll change the world

And in thirty years from now

When somebody asks me how

I changed the world with my small voice

I’ll say

I woke up and I made a choice