Crippled.

So here's to the kids
whose minds are their own prison
up at one in the morning
wondering about the failure of a test
they barely got any sleep for
up at two in the morning
wondering about where they messed up
on a love that they could have had
up at three in the morning
wondering about how easy
they made it for someone
to walk in and out their lives

not the kids simply wondering
what to wear to a party next day

but the kids
who could not even
put themselves out there
the kids wondering
where the ones
who promised to be there are.

these kids
they pretend like nothing happen
when in fact
it is ripping their hearts out
no doubt
they feel the vacancy inside
it is eating them out from the inside
but they choose to live with it
because deep down they know
if this were to happen to someone else
they simply won't make it
and for that
these kids ought to feel proud
after all heartaches
they manage to stand as who they are
even if it means walking with scars on their faces.