let me introduce you to this stranger <br />not a stranger to me because that stranger is me <br />the me nobody knows <br />pretending to be happy when all I really want to do is cry <br />the me nobody knows <br />smiling on the outside when really I'm just about ready to die <br />that stranger is standing in front of me <br />every time I look in the mirror <br />I see someone consumed by fear or <br />is it that I'm consumed by reality <br />trying oh so hard to be who and what everyone else wants me to be <br />I seem to have lost track lost control of everything I'm supposed to be <br />let me introduce you to this stranger you might have met <br />do you understand what I'm saying yet <br />who am I really can you guess <br />hi nice to meet you hello how do you do <br />not who you thought I was am I <br />bet you never thought you'd see me cry <br />but this is me <br />the REAL me <br />this is how I am when no one else is around <br />here I am when I get the chance to be myself and break down <br />it's unbelievable to me how many of you I've fooled <br />over your eyes I'm the one who's pulled the wool <br />but now it's time for me to be legit and be straight <br />let go of some of the anger some of the hate <br />so again I say let me introduce you to this stranger <br />hi nice to meet you hello how do you do <br />dig deep and you might just find that this stranger is sometimes also you <br />let me introduce you to this stranger <br />not a stranger to me because that stranger is me <br />the me nobody knows <br />pretending to be happy when all I really want to do is cry <br />the me nobody knows <br />smiling on the outside when really I'm just about ready to die <br />hi nice to meet you hello how do you do <br />dig deep and you might just find that this stranger is sometimes also you <br /> <br />(1999)<br /><br />Dionne K. Kelly<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-me-nobody-knows/
