The Things I Leave Unsaid

1. Just Another Happy Face

Vote for each poem that you like in this book please, it would be appreciated.

Also, although I really am fond of the majority of the poems and prose in this book, be aware I began it at 14 and now I'm almost 25, so it's been a while. The more recent poems are in the middle to the end of the book, and the oldest ones are in the front. I also didn't come out publicly (nonbinary: they/them) until I was older so some of this has misgendering. (Edit: I wrote poetry in various points of view, not just with myself in mind. I'm more referring to end notes for that part).

Now go read and enjoy!

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Staring in the mirror

Day after day,

People tell me I'm pretty,

But I can't really say

I believe,

Because so many words

are just lies,

They think that I'm fine,

But they don't see me cry.

I put on my mask

And I say I feel great

And I do but the feeling is smothered by hate.

My life is amazing but

Somehow, not enough.

Good grades, great friends,

But it's getting too tough

To pretend I'm okay,

That I love who I am.

Time's running out;

No one knows who I am.

Sincerely,
Dustin the Great