-- Title -- Inside Out

-- Author -- Masked Mistake

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You read this now

I want to let you know something

I want to let you see

I am a scared child

Underneath this silent skin

Underneath this mask of happiness

I am scared to be a dissapointment

To be someone that doesn't succeed

I'm scared of failing

Failing all of you

I'm scared most of all

I'm scared of my sister

I can't take it anymore

How for once I won't be nagged at

Every day it seems

Yelling, screaming, nagging

I'm going deaf now

I probably won't be able to hear it anymore

I may become immune or something

This poem is to you

I dedicate this poem to you

Yeah, so it doesn't rhyme

I might not get my point across

So I'll cut to the chase

I'm silent because I think I won't be heard

I care because I can't care for myself

Most of all

I cry because I pity myself for having such a great family

Who's there

So much that I cry when writing this

It's hard to feel good half the time

When I want to be the best I can be for you

Yeah, this is getting long

You can stop reading if you want

I feel blessed though to have parents like you

Even a nagging sister

Who, half the time, doesn't seem to care

I'm not into the whole showing of affection all the time

After reading this, please don't talk about it with me until tomorrow

Cause if you confront me about it now, I might just bottle up

I might become embarrased about my poetry

I can't write it half the time

Just one more thing.....

Thanks for being there, mom and dad

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