What do you see?

What do you see?

No, wait. Don't answer that.

I know exactly what you see

You see exactly what I want you to

 

You see funky hair,

You see a punky style,

You hear a laugh

And there's always a smile

 

What you don't see

What you don't hear

Is the depression

Is the financial trouble

 

You don't know that

I don't tell you

 

What do you see?

I can tell you what I see

 

I see a girl,

Nothing out of the ordinary

A girl that has problems, 

Nothing out of the ordinary

 

I see a fighter

Nothing out of the ordinary

I see a survivor

Nothing out of the ordinary

 

I am nothing out of the ordinary

Just a girl trying to put herself through school

Just a girl who made it out of her past alive

Just a girl with a case of depression

 

Nothing out of the ordinary.

 

But I hope and I hope

That one day someone looks at me

And says "I bet she could be EXTRAORDINARY"

She just needs that chance.

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you are extraordinary

as long as you believe in yourself, nothing or no one will stop you

continue to build off your creative mind

Grant-Grey Porter Hawk Guda

Powerfully expressed! Truly powerful! Keep sharing keep sharing! The world needs your expression! Keep sharing your life your mind your heart! 

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