I look around the room. <br />Everyone is a buzz. <br />My heart pounds. <br />My facade tremors. <br />With every passing hour it seems I forget more and more. <br />How to act, how to socialize. <br />All of it drifting away right before my eyes. <br />I fastened this mask on in the past, <br />To hide my regret, <br />And most of all emotions. <br />Do I dare take off what has held me here so long? <br />Or do I just wait and keep it on? <br />No more! <br />This little Alice has finally had enough! <br />Breaking the chains that once bound me before. <br />I am no longer ashamed! <br />I'm breaking free and showing my colors. <br />My heart is aflame! <br />Never more will I hide!<br /><br />Leah Michelle Ellis<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/breaking-tradition/
