Heard

My name is Anne Marie

and most people have forgotten me

I don't know why

I don't know why

I've lived a life

unnoticed, unbothered,

all alone in my thoughts

and no one to understand

It's now that I look to anything

to tell me why

to point me to the answer;

but I don't know.

I don't understand why

I can't be loved

I don't understand why

I didn't get

the acceptance I needed.

I need to know why

I need to know why no one

cares about me

Why I'm never seen

Why no one ever thinks

about me and says

"I like Anne Marie"

It's been a long time

since I've heard anyone

say that to me.

Self-isolation is hard;

society made it more difficult

If I don't figure this out

I'm terrified that I'll

give up

because what is the point in

trying to be heard

when no one will listen to me?

what is the point of falling

in the forest if i can't be heard?

if my sound doesn't exist?

If my voice doesn't matter,

will I ever be heard?