What The People Saw

Only what the people saw , 

Wow you really Grew up ! The elders said .

Wow you really Glowed up ! The kids said .

What nobody said was why don’t you have the same smile as before ?

Why don’t we see you with your friends anymore ?

Why do you barely go outside anymore?

Life gave me a beating , you can’t just bounce back from you have to pick yourself up and deal with everything you have left .

nobody saw the pain that made me mature , nobody saw the things I had to do to look as I do . 

The people saw what they people wanted to see .