In Common Light

I see you 
I see you struggling
Holding on for dear life 
To your morals

Constructing something 
For them to be positive 
Intact

I see you hiding silently
With your pain 
In the corner of a room
Lonely as ever
And I see you asking 
Isn’t there more to this life? 

I see you in your shame
Your loneliness
Your deep desire to actually connect 
to be seen.

I see 
Your posting on instagram 
Trying to convince others
Your life is good 
But really
It’s 
More to yourself

I see you 
Scrolling online
For a new outfit
A new product
To fit in 
To feel good
To have a sense of belonging 

I see you withering away 
Sometimes
At the difficulty of life
Not wanting to be outcasted
Ridiculed

And I see you 
Feeling shameful 
For being above
For feeling ignorant
Stupid and uneducated.

I see you scrambling to lessen that feeling 
Meeting up with others 
To confirm you are not immoral.

I see you 
When the world may not.
When you have no love
Implanted in your heart 
To object those judgements,
To object the hatred,
To rise above it,
I do see you. 

I once was you
So I see you and
I know there is more for you 
I see you and know there is better for you 
I see you and know there is hope for you. 

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