See Me Poem by Collette Y Anderson Williams

Do you not see me?
Freckles, pimples and scars
- the seemingly invisible ones -
...even then,
could you,
would you still love me?

Why can't you see how your words
they scar me?
When I reach for you,
you shun me.
Can you not see me?

So afraid
I am to call on you,
for your stare
it cripples me.
Will you not see me!

Alone...
Lost in the shadows
- yours, theirs...
Yet, I crave light,
for a beautiful tomorrow.

Still...
You do not see me.
But I wonder,
what if I were somebody's child
- if I belonged to someone
- someone, who - in your eyes - mattered?

Then
could you, would you...
Would you see me?