~*The Shell Of Me*~

Living a life of doubt,
Having no idea what it's all about.
Hurt welling inside of me,
Friends to blind to really see.
You all call me names like dumb or fat,
But real friends don't do that.
You don't understand the power of the mind,
And now the names have built up over time.
Am I really fat? Am I really dumb?
Its hurts so much it made me numb.
I really turned dumb, I thought I was fat,
Yet its only now I smell a rat.
I've made mistakes and so have you!
So why all this you put me through?
I AM NOT FAT! I AM NOT DUMB!
And I've made mistakes and that's not fun.
Self-image I was taught today,
my thoughts are the key to show me the way.
If you are a friend will you stop?
Cause if you don't my mind will pop.
Then no friend you will see,
Just the memory,
The empty shell of me.

by Crystal Barnes