when you look at the world
what is it you see?
frustration, stress, sadness
death, destruction, betrayal

do you see a war?
people fighting for what they think right
for what their religon says true
but yet they are dying

take a step closer
and look at the people around you
look at yourself
do you think you judge?

1/2 of you will say no
but i bet the first thing you looked at
were my clothes and how i have chosen to dress
this face you didnt see

you prolly saw a girl in somewhat tawdry attire
walking on a stage to speak
but....... i came up here to say something
i came to tell how i see the world
regardless of what you think of me

cause i look and see a place
beautiful, mysterious, kind
decieteful, malicious, and free
a place of forever and eternity

ever changing landscapes
opinions, people, things
things without limits
i see nature in its beauty

how powerful the graceful wind and water
the beauty in the silence of the gentle dark
the story within each note every bird sings
the breath of every plant as the morning sun shines
dangerous yet safe

then i look at the cities
i look at the crime murder and rape
filthy, frightening, somewhat inviting
young girls walking around with knives
for the soul reason of fear for their lives

always looking over their sholders
afraid to walk home defenceless
afraid to be in the dark abysmal black
within reach of the silent dark

not knowing what dwelsls within
not knowing whether friend of foe
or nothing at all
frightening, yet somewhat inviting

i look at the schools
and this you may scrutinize
but good grades to me are a negligable goal
grades are not to be stressed over like your disarming a bomb

i watch as students struggle
ready to rip the hair from their skulls
afraid of the punnishment for failing
trying so hard to scrape by

because they cant keep up
struggling and not understanding whats given
not understanding the need to step back,breathe and think
just breathing, thinking

and i look and watch teens
seeing signs of depression form in their minds
and the too proud parents ignoring these signs
their diagnosis "just a phase"

teens
love sick with the eyes of a crush
with the thrill at a chance with the bad boy, the popular girl
dating without a 2nd thought to who they are
judging by looks of the out and not the power of personality

teens peircing and drug dealing
at school,on the unforgiving concrete
in the abused and batterd grass
i watch people cutting in the bathrooms
as if it twere a safe haven

crying alone in the cold clostrophobic sized stall
only to walk outside and put on the mask of a smile
self destructive, determined to keep sain
as if they were going to lose it all
you all shun when you see stress come out in self destructive blood
yet dont see the courage in silent suffering

then there are those teens
who've gone through it all
that help those who need it
always available day and night
always willing to help as if it were their own life

i watch people search for happyness with greed
i see preteens searching for what they think is love
like its the only thing that really matters
when all they see are good looks and a confident smile

everyday i get looked at by the majority
as if i am a wich at the salem wich trials
truth is i'm not afraid to say what i think
whether wrong, creative, mean, or different

because there are those who listen
that rely on me to help them
that see all the bad things different
because those things make up who we are
who we become

i dont care for the majority
who are consumed by internet and tv
people concerned witht he fashion industry
people buying things cause they feel like shopping

i care for those
who dont let tv rule their opinions and views
those that ask for help
those who listen

my views are different than most
cause i dont hold a grudge when bad things happen
all those things make people stronger
all their views make things happen
all their views make a differnce

no matter how different
shallow or strange
all thoughts have reasons to exist
so shut up and listen