If You Look Poem by Christopher Biddle

If you look beyond my scars
Far, far away
You might just see the happy boy
That's starting to fade away
If you look back to the past
And notice who I was
You'll notice now that who I am
Isn't really me
If you look beyond my smile
Beyond my fading face
If you look beyond the pain
You might just feel the same
If you look past my tears
And past the fallen blood
If you pass all of that
Then you might notice that this life I live is nothing
But a show that I put on for you
If you look past my fake smile
Then you will see what is wrong
If you go down deep enough
You might get to my heart
If you see the crack in it
You will know what fell apart
If you travel though my blood
And look up at my skin
You might just see the scares
That show up deep within
If you look beyond the scars
Beyond my fading arm
Maybe then and only then
Will you understand.