Poem - More Than You Appear

I know you

I see you

You are more than you appear

The world holds you back

Says you can't

Says you'll fail

And you believed them

You stopped trying

You gave up.

But I know you

And I see you

You are more than you appear

You are strong

You are gifted

You are so much more than what they say

People judged you harshly

They said you couldn't

Said you're broken

And you accepted it

You claimed the lie

You hid yourself

But I hear you

And I know you

You are more than what they say

You are brave

You are whole

You are so much more than the world believes

Strangers tear you down

They say you're weak

Say you'll fail

And it became your mask

You hid from the world

Hid from yourself

But I see you

And I hear you

You are more than you appear

You are powerful

You are worthy

You are so much more than what you see.

Poem - Pen And Paper

I don't understand this urge to write,
But it's there just the same
With the same compelling drive
As the need to own my name

It's a calming soothing release
As it strikes my edginess
It pours out all my anguish
And relieves me of my stress

Pen across paper, ink flowing free
Words take form beneath my hand
It soothes the soul, and clears the mind
Like a stroll across the sand

Pen and paper, my release
My escape from the day to day
Everything I see will change
I recreate, I mold like clay

I write what I feel and see
Words are my life, my soul
They'll show you what's inside
Broken, incomplete, or whole

You'll see the real, honest me
If you take the time to look
My words reveal all of me
Like a smoothly written book.