behind what you see

ok, i think it's a known fact i am loving this english class. here is yet another poem regarding identity and what lies within.

there's more to me than what you see.

i've hidden an identity of darkness and sorrow
behind the joyous light you've come to know.

i've fought invisible battles
against the force that has kept them hidden.

i've taken the hurt without a scrape
but inside i am slashed and scarred red.

i've denied the pain from myself
but i can only pretend for so long.

behind what you see is a warrior
fighting what shadows me within.

there's more to me than what you see

unless you've looked hard enough.