Emerge

It was like this for awhile 

feeling scared 

too scared to look in the mirror 

so I would try to avoid it 

by looking through it 

but all I could see when I looked 

were the words just spilling out 

spilling out of his mouth 

like the raging rapids of the Amazon river after a storm 

What he said left me 

left me dumbfounded 

and heartbroken 

I wonder 

did he get his wish?

Oh how I've growen to hate myself 

I ended up despising myself for a long time 

yet I still loved him 

and wanted his love 

more than anything now 

willing to do anything 

even change 

Till the day 

the day you walked in

into my life 

you surprised me and 

filled my life with joy 

but what happened next 

I never saw coming and

I would have never guessed 

You taught me 

taught me it was a good thing to take off the mask 

the mask society painted and so kindly gave to me 

to cover up

cover up what they consider wrong 

You taught me what I started to believe were my imperfections 

were really what made me perfect.