Hiding The Scars
based on the character Dallas Winston
from S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders"
When I was ten years old,
I went to jail
I grew up in a jail cell, that was dirty and cold
I changed in those years, and not in a good way
I hated everyone, and forgot
How to love or care
I only fought
People looked at me strangely
As they feared me
I didn't do anything to them
They didn't see
The good inside
So I only showed the bad
Instead of any good
I only had
A few friends left
But I went home to a place where I made friends
They feared me
I wish that fear would end
I'm not that bad
Not as bad as people think
Though I'm a rough hood
Who likes to drink
It's just my way
Of hiding the scars
The scars that I got
From years behind bars
It was there that I forgot how to feel
So why am I feeling so hated?
I just want to be loved
Not exiled and jaded
But that will never happen
It will never be
Because I'm tough and mean because of experiences
And who that is is me
