i am me.

I am a candle you burn,
I've been lit and blown out,
I've been exposed and hidden,
been used and ignored,
yet I'm still standing, through it all,
I still have the light,
I don't expect you to understand,
I don't expect you to care,
I have even given up hope that you wonder anymore,
I just needed to say it, I needed to hear it,
I'm still standing, through it all,
I still have the light.

I am the water that you see daily,
been left to run,
been closed up and been wasted,
yet, here I am, still strong and still helping,
bet you didn't think I would make it,
bet you thought I'd give up, maybe run,
I just needed to say it, I needed to hear it,
here I am, still strong and still helping.

I am a piece of crumpled up paper you tried to dispose off,
I've been scrunched and ripped,
I've been thrown away and left on the side,
yet here I remain, with all the rips and tears you gave me,
here I remain,
I don't want to know why, I don't want to be fixed,
I just needed to say it, I needed to hear it,
here I remain, with all the rips and tears you gave me,
here i remain.

I am the girl who fakes the best smile,
I've done it for years,
Ive mastered it to perfection,
yet inside I am broken,
I wont show it, but I am broken,
I don't want to know, I don't want to tell anyone,
I just needed to say it, I just needed to hear it,
inside I am broken,
I wont show it, but I am broken.

I am a newborn baby girl,
I miss you,
I cry for you,
I long for you,
yet I live everyday without you, hurting, but living,
I NEED you to know it, I NEED you to see it, I NEED you to understand it,
I just needed to say it, I just needed to hear it,
I live everyday without you, hurting but living.

I am Ana,
I am broken,
I am strong,
I am scared,
I am alone,
I am fearless,
I am brave,
I am no one special, I am who was left, I am abandoned, I am me,
I can do this,
I have been doing this,
I must do this,
I just needed to say it, I just needed to hear it,
I am no one special, I am who was left I am abandoned, I am me.