I walk down the hallway

Making it look like everything is okay

But really inside of me

Everything is wrong

I know that beauty is supposed to be skin deep

But my insecurities get the best of me

I don’t think my face is pretty

I don’t think my hair is soft

I don’t think my body is right

I don’t think I’m “hot”

Every time I walk around school

I think of what other people say about me

I know they think I’m immature

But really I have been through so much

I try to be the real me  

But clearly that’s not what they want

I constantly get picked on

I get pushed down

And reminded of my insecurities

I find myself at home crying

Because I hate myself

I hate the way I look

I hate the way I act

I feel like nobody likes me

But after I fall into the black hole of my feelings

The only way I can go is up

So I push myself every morning

To stop crying

To stop feeling hurt

And I make sure

That when I’m with others

I don’t let them control what I think

I make sure I’m with the ones I love

The ones who like me for who I am

The friends that are real

And the family that is always there for me

And I just let them take me away

Away from the bullies

Away from my insecurities

And onward to happiness