People Who Need...

People are just people
Who judged me in my youth
Hated me for my truth
Despised me for the loose
And reckless life that I have lived

People who intend
To laugh or tear me down
Don't always know I drown
That I need to play the clown
To cover all this hurt I feel inside

People can't see
What it is I'm trying to say
Because I've lost my way
And I long for yesterday
Searching for a reason to go on

People are unkind
They talk in whispers and stare
Pretending they really care
They think I am unaware
So I vow never to trust anyone again

People didn't know
That I needed their kindness
That I wandered in blindness
Becoming ever more mindless
Not wanting to live this way anymore

People are just people
Who are the same right to the end
They never comprehend
That they could be a friend
Just by smiling and reaching out a hand

Lora Frikken ~ 11-16-02