If you want to get to know me. If you want to get to know me you have to listen. Listen when I speak, when I write, because that is my power. I may not be the loudest or most outspoken in the group because I know my words have power, I know that I can make change with what I say, all I need is someone to listen. I need someone to listen to my tails of triumphs, glory and fame. I need someone to listen when I can barely whisper my name, I need someone to listen when the tears won't stop, when breath doesn't come easy, when it feels like the weight of the world is on my shoulders. I need someone to listen when it feels as though the world is crashing around me, when I feel as though Atlas has fumbled his punishment and let the sky come falling down. I know it's a hard ask and I'm not the best to be around but all I ask is someone to listen. Someone to listen and not make snide comments or rude remarks that maybe they don't grasp the full meaning of but I do. Someone to listen and not judge what I'm about to say next, tell me that I need to stop doing so much and say I need to be nicer. I need someone to listen, please anyone at all, I don't even need someone to care about what I say, I just need someone to listen. Listen when I feel amazing, sad, all alone or even when I don't feel. Even when it feels as though I am numb to the world I need someone to listen to how it feels. I don't need them to feel pity or offer their help, I just need someone to be there. Even if they aren't paying attention, being there is enough. Because I know that if someone is there to listen to what I say and read what I have created, they will want to stay and hear what happens next. I know this because I know my words have power, no matter what people say I know I can make a difference, I just need someone to listen.
