Give Her Pity

Oh, how I laugh
As you tell the others
How I'm just fine,
I'm normal like everyone
And there's not a thing
Ever wrong with me,
It's just a fulfilling act
-- I'm just another fake

It's the people like you
I wish to hug so dearly
And let you know
That it will be okay,
Because it's obvious to me
That mind of yours isn't ready
For the life waiting ahead

I'd you knew enough,
You'd realize the dark sheet
That covers my mind -
It allows in the sun
While elsewhere,
My thoughts collapse
Falling over each other,
Rolling to the front
Where the dark sheet falls
And sends all my mind
Into another episode
Of a fit of depression

But you go on ahead,
And let them all know
How happy I always look
And how the moments
I break down in class
Is just my asking
For undeserved attention

If they know better,
If they understand challenge,
They'll know whether or not
To call me names
From the back of the room
Just like you,
Or be one of those
Who lay a hand on my back
And tell me how it'll pass
And the sheet will rise
To allow the light

Until that moment comes
For their decision to be made,
I'll wait for you to have a challenge
And it's your break-down
That occurs around us all -
And I'll hug you tight
And give you the pity
You'll be requesting,
Since you won't even know
What strength even is
To pull yourself out

And when you break comes,
I'll be sure to tell the others
To send her some pity
Because her mind can't quite
Wrap around the idea
That the sheet will rise

For all she understands
Is the fake emotions
And all she can know
Is how to ask for pity
Since all she can comprehend
Is the need for attention -

While the rest of us know
That the attention we ask for
Isn't in the form of pity,
But simply just a piece of reality
To remind us of ourselves
And help bring us back around
To a point where the sun shines
Past the falling sheet

In other cases,
The sheet doesn't even exist,
And some get so much sun
It fries away the rightness
In the minds of simplicity,
And attention-asking pity