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Introverted
The scars upon my body reveal the ones inside
I tried for too long and hard to hide
Open and out for the world to gape and view
I want to make more when they ask "How are you?"
Hidden feelings and thoughts I cannot show
But to one I cannot lie and reveal them slow
Why am I like this? I ask too often
All I have ever wanted is my mind to soften
Be open and alert all at once yet closed
I found that that I can't do that the most
I feel so hurt most of the time so there I do
Make myself feel the pain so I won't have to
Deal with what's really wrong on the inside
Tell myself that there's too much, so I hide
I really don't want to feel all of the pain and the hurt
But in order to try I must quit hurting myself first
Because without that, there can be no healing
So I must try with all of my might to not stop feeling
Just put them into words so that others may see
How important not hurting, yet hurting is to me
Elisabeth Stover 1995