Moment To Shine (Know My Name) Poem by Bethany Maxwell

The pattern is there, it is striped like a candy cane
It is there because of you,
The scars are true, as true as the pain.

My mind is racing away from you,
You are the one that caused my agony, my sorrow,
The days are always the same never new.

The days always bring me to your feet,
I am your servant, your toy,
I do what you say and hide the pain, I hide in defeat.

You treat me like I am there for you to use,
All you do is tell me what you think, never letting me tell you
I only sit and listen as you ramble on, and i am used.

I want to rise above, but I cant loose you,
If i loose you i loose all my friends,
I'd be alone, completely, utterly, alone, never being able to start new.

So I sit and I listen, I sit in pain,
All i can think of is not loosing you, but if i don't then i'll loose myself.
I try to tell you, I try to show you, but you just call me insane.

I hope you'll notice my anguish, my sorrow,
Until then I will hide in your shadow, never seeing light,
I will sit and dread the coming of tomorrow.

Every day is the same, always the same,
You act like you care but then you tear me down, you shove me out of the way
So you can have all the light, all the eyes on you, it'll always be the same.

Like the lines on the candy cane every day is the same,
The pattern is always there, it shall not change, shall not fade,
Forsaken is my name I am abandoned, I am an outcast. Know my name

I sit in your shadow, I sit and wait,
For a sign, for a change, For the right moment
To show you who I am, to show you my meaning,

My moment to shine!


(the words of this are true, i await that moment.)