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Do You See Me?
By: Tanji Reed Marshall
I’m here you know…Not like the furniture is here ~ but really here. A part of the fiber that makes us Us. Do you see me? Do you even care? I’m here you know…
Do you know what I’m like? Not the looks and the noise you think is me; but the real me that no one sees. You’re supposed to know. You’re supposed to care!
I’ve tried to show you ME…but you refuse to see…I’m not what you fear I might be ~ I’m something else.
I’m here you know…Do you see me? Do you know me? Do you even care?
You will recognize Me! I will make you see that I’m here ~ not like the furniture is here….I will make you stop and smell the roses of who I am. Not what you envision – but the real fragrance of my existence.
What I want is for you to see ME. The me that is really real. Do you see me? I’m here you know…Not in the way you think but in a way that’s real.
What do you fear that makes you shone me? I’m not what you imagined. A monster made but whose identity is hidden behind the hideous. You came together to make me, I am no monster. I am what you created!
Do you see me? I’m here you know….Not like the furniture is here. But me – the part you refuse to see….the part that wars and shakes and screams to be seen.
You will recognize me – You will see that like the furniture I am here. Hard and soft; shaken and used and crushed and bruised; ruined by use. Your use!
Why can’t you see me? The tears behind the laughter; the sadness behind each song – broken notes tossed aside – a careless song whose melody no one wants to hear or see or acknowledge….
My song is not twisted…My words not foreign. I’m here you know…Real ~ Strong ~ Alive! Yearning for the day that you will see – know – understand.
You cast aside, brush away; turn your nose – Why? I am here…I am you! What do I show that penetrates so deeply? Am I your double-edged sword cutting to your deepest marrow; dividing you from what you put out? Why cast me away? Why the rage and fear?
I am here – the very fiber of us weaves through me; the single thread tied and knotted and bound; twisted and turned; cajoled and rolled out before you.
I am here you know!
What do you see that causes the downcast eyes? The closed heart; the unspoken word? What do you hear? What do you know that moves you to tears and anger and fear? Do you see who am I? Does it scare you? Will you share the secret of what you know to be true?
Silence ~ so deep it can be heard piercing through the noise…
Silence ~ wretched Silence speaks as only it can…with the force of life that reaches so deep. When will you reveal the truth? The turth about you and me too. Does it scare you? Will you shed to skin…remove the mask?
I know you….I know that you are here; just like me…Just like the furniture…more like the furniture.
Your silence, what does it say? It reveals the truth that you know….The truth you will not speak or think to be real….It shines the light…It says that I am here you know…You know?
Do You – will you recognize ME? The one that is really here or only the one you want to be.
I see you – you have not hidden behind the bush of love ~ I see the looks and questioning; the misgivings about who I am and what you have created…
I see you; you are here…..I am here too? Do you see me?
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