Why?

The shore comes in
It washes over everything
The people stay in
The hold themselves back

They hold back from living
Not living and just wishing
Was now the only sight they had

Everyone needs more
There minds strive to succeed
But the world feels like a closed door
Shutting them in

Society is lost
Nobody can see
The real cost
That is being given up

People look at others
And see nothing
They tear away at the outer leather
Not caring or showing any emotion

People need to see
Eyes need to be opened
Why care so much on yourself to be
Why not look for the real in others

The girl dresses in black
She hides away
Nobody gives her slack
Or even asks why?

Why does she dress the way she does?
Why does she hide in corners?
They don’t ask they just come to their own because
They say she’s a druggy and a loon

Maybe if one took the time
To really look and see
They’d see a dime
A dime-sized bruise to cover her skin
She runs and hides
She’s really lost and afraid
She watches him and then the tide
She looks out to see if anyone cares

The boy next door is a brain
Everyone makes fun of him at school
They call him a nerd and say that he’s insane
When in reality it’s his only way out

But nobody asks why
He loses himself in a book or two every night
He doesn’t want to hear and cry
When he listens to his parents screaming

The parents tell the boy
Everything’s alright
They only think of him as their little toy
To fight over and over about

So boy reads books
And goes to school everyday
Forgetting about the looks
And only drifting from class to class

He wants to die
He doesn’t like fights
But still nobody asks why
Everyone just walks and looks

If just one could reach out
They could help someone, anyone
From the doubt
They have in themselves

They could stop and see
That people need others
Just like you and me
So listen and look

Maybe by doing something
A person may find
That everything
Is like the shore

It goes in
And it takes away
A little of something
To carry along on its way