Leave me alone, let me cry for awhile
I don't want to talk, and I can't find my smile
I'm just a boy no one wants anyway
So I'll hide where I can for the rest of the day
These children around me, well they understand
They've been hit with a stick, they've been punched with a hand
Seen so many things a child never should see
But none of them witnessed the damage in me
I live in a world, one of darkness and pain
Found strength to get up, but been knocked down again
If nobody wants me, then why should I care?
I'll just wrap myself up in this cloak of despair
I don't want to live, in this nightmare so real
This pain isn't something a small boy should feel
So lock me away, there's no sunshine for me
It's only in darkness I'm able to see
Will I grow to be loved, maybe even adored?
Or continue forever, expelled and ignored
These scars no one sees, will they always remain?
A constant reminder of sorrow and pain
Leave me alone, I am broken and bruised
A child who feels nothing.. But hurt and abused
If nobody loves me, I'll hide here a while
Until somebody searches and finds me a smile
Ian Duquemin
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