Look Inside

Look Inside - Cooper Hall (Indian Creek School, Seventh Grade)

I want to show you who I am 

I still love you no matter how hard it gets 

Though you still think I hate you 

Every day I think 

How can I be better for you 

But every time I fail 

Though you still are beside me 

I wanted to help you 

Guide you in life 

But I still cannot be the brother you deserve 

And I lost my way 

I was steered with lies 

People who I thought I could trust and cared for me This led to the collapse of our trust 

And if I could not face the truth 

How could you see what is going on 

What could I do 

My heart not able to function 

I tried to erase what happened 

I wanted to show you the truth 

How each argument made me feel 

How the shouts and fights haunted me as if they were scars Messing up my thoughts 

But I spoke to you with the memories that we had Which no one would understand but us 

I wanted you to investigate me 

To see how hard I try 

And see what I could see 

My eyes filled with the good times 

That comes back too fast to relive each one 

I poured all emotion into this  

For a poem for you 

To understand 

How hard 

I am trying