No one hears me, understands me.
     I speak in silence,
Hoping that someone will see my words, my message
     Hoping to find love, it has arrived so divine.
I wish for a better, stronger life filled with everlasting touch.
     I dream the future, but hold the past.
My body is brimmed with so many confusions;
     Am I really here experiencing fullness?
I must be, the pain is so real,
     The hurt I feel could never be imagined,
But I will pull through into greatness
     And destroy whatever faces into me.
As I struggle I will fight until the end
     Whenever it may come.

          -Lauren Montelbano