Dear Parents,

I have some thoughts that I can't express.
Somethings I need to get off my chest.
I feel so frustrated right now,
So angry.
I hate the feel that no one understands me.

To you I might seem almost perfect.
Smart, athletic, polite, and home trained.
Unfortunately that all comes with a price.
What is that price, a miserable child.
Someone who is never alone but always lonely.
Someone who feels that her life is draining slowly.

Little do you know that your daughter
Is someone who takes herself away from reality.
Hiding from her thoughts.
Someone who doesn't care anymore, finds comfort in pain.
Someone with the daily struggle of staying sane.

You don't understand
That your daughter is tired,
Something that sleep can't cure.
Moving further and further away from the world. 
Until her future is something you can't secure.

Your daughter used to be happy, trusting and content.
Over the years things change,
For better or worse.
She says that she is fine or okay,
But that act is just rehearsed.

Your daughter wishes she can open up to you.
Really share all of her triumph and woes.
There is so much about her that you don't know.
Maybe help her to be the person
That she was not long ago.

Yours Truly,

Rosanna Raheem