I've been carrying this heavy portrait of myself
I can't be this anymore
My smile is not real it falls after you leave
I've been walking in someone else's path
This life I have it's so far from me
I've grown into this person that I'm not
You think that this is me
You're wrong, I've never been myself
I've only shown what you think I am
My past behaviors are just unexpressed fears
Will you accept me if I let the truth out
You have only met my portrait, but you never met the real person behind it
--Miguel V., Adult