Locked inside, I can’t get out of this rebellion called my face

Clawing from the inside to escape this hellish embrace

This mocking normalcy on the outside hiding the hell within

There’s nothing to show the judgers the truth hiding behind my skin

The lightening strikes with no warning of the coming storm

Leaving me in sudden agony far from the appearance of the norm

Funny stares and looks while I fight away the tears

Trying not to expose the truth behind my quaking fears

If there was evidence of each fight, scream, scratch and tear 

Is this how my tormented and brutalized face would appear

Covered in rips and scratches, lines drawn upon lines 

Indicative of my daily struggle to survive these impervious binds

JKC

This photo of street art is what inspired the above poem…

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