YOU DON’T KNOW ME

YOU DON’T KNOW ME You see my clothes, my hair, My job and my car. But not the broken heart, the memories, Nor under my clothes, the scar. You don’t know me. You hear me speak, hear me laugh, My steps with purpose, strong and tall. But not the dullness of my eyes, the lost spark, Or heard my cries/screams, the silent ‘help’ that I call. You don’t know me. You feel my warmth, my compassion, My tenderness, my frozen skin a minor detail. But not the shaking hands, the pounding heart, Or my burning lungs, as they struggle to inhale. You don’t know me. You know my name, my children, My house, maybe my peers. But not my passions, my dreams, Or my deepest, darkest fears. You don’t know me. Yet you judge me, discuss me, Make opinions formed from theories sewn. Stop, look deeper, talk, ask, seek within, Then you can make opinions of your own. You don’t know me at all. If a picture can tell a thousand words, it can also leave a thousand unsaid. How well do you really know the person sitting beside you, the work colleague across the desk from you? You see their rise up the corporate ladder, their smiling children, their immaculate house, but do you really see them? Chances are, what you see is not what you get. Take me… I have a wonderful job, a house, a car, two amazing children and friends and family that I know love me and are there for me no matter what. On the outside, I'm one of the luckiest people around. But my journey here would probably shock some people, even my friends. Some would be sad, others would feel sorry for me. Yes it's been hard, it's been painful and sometimes I've wanted to crawl under a rock and never come out, but my journey is what's made me the person I am today. Heartache, pain, sorrow, joy and laughter are all part of life. We all live it, we all feel it, and hopefully we all grow and learn from it. I'm sharing my journey so that others might see that no matter how hard things seem, life goes on. You do get through it. Keep searching for the way to happiness because life is worth it. I know - I’m living it.