Attention

Why is this the first assumption
Of an ever suspicious mind
To assume people want to be noticed
Rather than just vent the pain inside.
Just because you can cope
Doesn't make us wrong
People have different limits
Different thresholds of pain,
People cope in different ways
And not all lives are the same!

Some may be after attention
This I'll admit is true
But that in not the same for all
Just the odd few.

And even if just for attention
Don't you think is odd
To hurt themselves
Search for death
Burn or cut
Starve or cry
Even if for attention
Something much not be right
For them to do this to themselves
But still get only abuse
Called "emo" and told not to moan
This is not how things should be.

And then there are those in real pain
Who have suffered all their life.
Haunted by past events
Or still living in strife.

Their coping strategy may be extreme
And may not be to your taste
But it is how they get though life
Just please leave them in peace.
It's wrong I know
To resort to such things
But that doesn't make it stop
Once started it becomes a habit
Entering all aspects of your life
Slowly taking over
Slowly destroying your body and mind.

I could try to explain it
Could be here all day
But still you would not understand,
But maybe ideas you have may be changed
Us you may no longer condemn.

I am not acting for sympathy
Not for acceptance
Nor for you to understand,
Just for you to think
To think before you react,
To not class us all the same
But to consider each case
And not jump to the first conclusion
Not use attention seeking as a universal cause.

Some may be after attention
This I'll admit is true
But that in not the same for all
Just the odd few.
But still we all must suffer
Be isolated called "attention w****",
Just because we are different
Because our life is not like yours.

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this is going to be quite severally edited as i'm not too happy with the way it turned out at all.