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September 2, 2011
By Kassity SILVER, Lansing, Michigan
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Kassity SILVER, Lansing, Michigan
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Not all scars show, not all wounds heal, sometimes you cant always see, the pain someone feels.

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I am like an iceberg,
people only see the surface,
they don't look beyond it to see the why,
i have a pile of issues,
issues that i don't understand,
most people don't care though,
people only care whats on the surface,
and if you don't meet their expectations,
then you don't matter,
what do us outcasts do,
when no one will claim us,
when we have disgraced our family,
when our issues are too much,
when we're tired of the charade we put on,
when we're just plain tired.

© Maria B., Boston, MA

The author's comments:
My therapist showed me a picture of an iceberg telling me that sometimes people don't look under the surface to understand. i thought it explained about a lot of people.
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