Scared
feeling my eyes huge in my head
feeling the pull of my skin into confusion
feeling the blood rush, aching, I bled
feeling the cold mirror's contemptable illusion
not what I seem
not ugly or mean
not calm & serene
not happy or clean
scared, cut & bleeding
seasoning my exposed nerve
all-consuming -sucking -feeding
peppered with a torment I don't deserve
Feeling thwarted and unable
Feeling hidden behind a wall
Feeling no one sees that I'm invisible
Feeling stoic, sometimes nothing's there at all
scared to act
scared to move
scared to react
scared to lose
scared to death
scared of life
scared to find what's underneath
By Sherry Dedman-Sherritt | 
