Life is Colder Now
© Julie Ruffell
You act like I can't see
The way you look at me
I can see distrust in your eyes
And how it makes me despise
The person that I be
Uprooted like a tree
I did nothing to earn
The looks so stern
My pockets are empty
I did pay the fee
Nor my friends or I stole
What makes you overlook my soul?
I am just a teen
No violence have you seen
I do not hold a gun
Or order you to run
I do not plan to steal
But you don't care how I feel
Because of what I wear
You act like it's a warning flare
I wear black to disappear
So much in this life to fear
But not me
Don't turn and flee
I don't want to be dark
Or make my mark
I just wish to know love
A feeling of soaring like a dove
But I sit in hate
You caused my fate
Living in the chill
I am feeling ill
You take away the child
Making me wild
All I need is to be seen
Accepted, not accused of being of fiend
And really in the end
I could use a friend
And I wish I could just ask
About the thoughts beneath the mask
But you took the love
And all from above
My grave you have dug
When all I needed was a hug

