See Me

See me, the person I AM,

Underneath the hurt, the tears,

It's still me,

I don't wear makeup to cover up who I am.

This is me.

My hair is turning white and I have earned every strand.

I have laugh lines that I am not going to hide.

I am not pretending to be someone that I am not.

I do not have the perfect body or the perfect face.

I have scars everywhere.

I have five tattoos, each in a different space.

They all tell a different story of something that took place.

I am not the person who I once was,

There is a new me in my place,

I will talk with ones I hold close.

Others, I won't Forget your Face.