The true self.

And in moments of silence there is still enough noise to keep me from hearing my own thoughts. alone is never alone. Always memories hoover over my head and hurt. Regrets there are plenty but we choose to overlook them as if there was nothing wrong; we pretend, act. We act like we are happy and like we find certain places, foods even people to our liking. We have created totally fake persona's, masks that make it nearly impossible to recognize ourselves. We are just too afraid to be ourselves and stand alone. We are afraid of not being liked, accepted or even good enough for some people. The letdowns are something we cant afford; the feeling of failure. Too afraid to stand up to the world and say HI, I'M MYSELF AND I LOVE EVERY ASPECT OF IT! No guts to embrace the true self and love who each and every one of us are. Its a hard thing to do I must admit, but the mission is not even close to impossible....

This one is by my 17 year old daughter Cristina.