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Hear My Voice
Amy, Age 13, Merced, CA

I’m tired of being left behind
And shoved away
You don’t listen to me
And you never have

You treat me like I’m six
Trying to shield me from the world
To think that he was dying
And you didn’t even tell me

I want to be heard
I want to be something
I’m screaming out now
Hear my voice

You cast me in his shadow
He was always one step ahead
One step better
He still is

It could have been different
If you had seen me for who I am
Not who he is
And who you want me to be

I want to be heard
I want to be something
I’m screaming out now
Hear my voice

I am my own person
I can’t be something I’m not
I can’t do something that’s not me
And that is what you’re trying to make me do

I won’t live by these rules anymore
I’m stepping out of his shadow
And into the light
I am becoming me

I want to be heard
I want to be something
I’m screaming out now
Hear my voice

You won’t muffle my cries anymore
I want the world to hear
That I’m not in the shadows
And that I’m no longer second best

I am a person
With feelings and pains
Believe it or not
I am made of flesh too

I want to be heard
I want to be something
I’m screaming out now
Hear my voice

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