From the outside I am happy
When I laugh all day and night.
But underneath I am crying,
As my happiness and sadness fight
When everyone says something funny
I have to laugh along.
But underneath I cry
As I sing this song.
Some days I can’t understand
Why nobody listens to me.
What I need is a secret world
Where I can just be free.
I need to be free
From the cruel, teasing names.
In my world I can be me
And play all my fun games.
In that world everything is nice
Even the thing I don’t know what they’re for.
In that world I am safe,
Safe for evermore.
So I end my poem
Without a heavy heart.
And now you can read this poem again,
Right back from the start.