Child

This was so emotional for me to write

Dedicated to any child who endures loneliness, Social anxiety and depression

Child with those hidden tears
Know that I am familiar with your pain
The silence, The emptiness
The fear that grows within

I myself grew up hidden
As I was the best
In the art of disappearing
Knew how to be a ghost
When feeling like an alien
In this world so different from us

Child, Please live life
Live life to the fullest and beyond
Never do I want to see you face down
In the trials of life’s regrets

Be one with yourself
Have fun, Enjoy yourself
Kill all negativity

Child, The more you grow with this disease
The bigger the misery will get
Please, Do your best to fight it now
Because if you don’t do anything
It will become stronger than you could of ever imagined

Child, Your future is bright
You just have to trust your own dreams
I promise all will be alright
Smile, Rejoice be at peace

Child, The world is within your grasp
So grab a hold of it
And explore it all at will
Take in the knowledge of this very journey
And grow mightily
Into a strong happy free young man

Child, Love yourself
And all will love you

I know there is so much pain inside
And everything that appears easy to most
Seems to be harder for you
Just trust and believe in your own heart
And your mind will flow peacefully through

Please, Do better than me
That is all I ask of you



Written By,
James Darwin Smith II
6/8/11