Along The Way Poem by Amanda Eckols

I love on instinct and learn to hate
I wear my emotion for everyone to see
I smile and I laugh I cry and I scream
(You can see it all, just look at my sleeves)
But somewhere on the journey
I got knocked off course
When somebody told me that I was not sane
I saw the judgment in their eyes
Now I hate on instinct and learn to love
(I hid my emotion for no one can see
I cry and I scream I smile and I laugh)
Only now it means everything