Don't look at me <br /> and try and say <br /> That you know me <br /> just let me stay <br /> and leave it be <br /> I'm not insane <br /> I have a brain <br /> There's so much more to me <br /> Waiting to be set free <br /> Wanting to run <br /> I feel so dead <br /> With all these thoughts <br /> running through my head <br /> I don't know why <br /> but I try to fit in <br /> I try and I try <br /> but never win <br /> nomatter what I say or do <br /> I still remain insane to you <br /> but that's because <br /> Noone takes the time to see <br /> or even care <br /> about getting to know me <br /> Under my mask <br /> I still feel so alone <br /> Under the flesh <br /> There's so much more than bone <br /> waiting to be set free <br /> Is there really nothing to me <br /> Sometimes I feel that <br /> they're all right <br /> But then again they <br /> don't have the sight <br /> Within, hidden by everyone <br /> like a black hole created by a dying sun <br /> I'm not insane <br /> Wait, you say I am <br /> See I have a brain <br /> See the real me, damn <br /> Please see inside <br /> See past where we all hide <br /> There's so much more to me <br /> Why is it you can't see <br /> Why is it everyone <br /> Sees me as they do <br /> What have I really done <br /> to any of you <br /> I thought being me would <br /> be ok <br /> leave me be <br /> let ME stay <br /> Just smoke some more pot <br /> Cause I guess it's not <br /> If only you all could see <br /> that there is so much more to me<br /><br />Nicholas McDonough<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/waiting-to-be-set-free-may-28th-2003/
