Let Me Speak

Suit of Armor

I hide under a cover

Enclosing the real me

Locking away my true self

Twenty-four seven

I don't want to stand out of the crowd

So I hide under my hood of melancholy

And under shadows of salvation

Binding my other self into steel chains of fear

I want to stand out of the crowd

Because of my obscure identity

But I can't look up

I can't smile properly

I can't walk properly

Someone tried to talk to me

And I looked at them

With so much emotion-

I had so much to say

So much I wanted to know

But I gave a shake of my head

And turned away

Back into my shadows of comfort

Back into my tomb of wistful memories

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I looked up towards the sky today

And loosened the chains of my true self

And furthered myself away from the shadows

And

I smiled at the clouds

Because someone smiled at me

It's a start.