Maybe I Should Tell Myself The Truth...

I wish you could just show me what I'm looking for.
A shadow beneath the surface.
A darkness hiding from the light.
Is it that I'm so confused?
I wish you could be honest with me and tell me the truth.
Why are you yelling?
Ghosts are falling.
Walls are crashing down.
I trusted you to show me.
The dark doesn't seem so lonely anymore.
Maybe I'm just not lonely because I have you.
Even if you're not real.
I guess I could tell myself the truth...
I wish you had loved me like I loved you.
Nothing like before.

I wish you could just show me what I'm looking for.
I noticed the darkness creep up.
Walls are no longer crashing.
I'm the one that's falling.
I should have realized that I needed time.
Before, I was just a little girl.
Now my innocence is gone.
Because no one told me.
I should have looked at myself.
Mirrors were never my friend.
Blaming you for my mistakes.
I cried myself to sleep.
Maybe I should have told myself the truth...
It was not you who wounded me.
It was me.

ter•ro•ism

ter·ror·ism

ˈterəˌrizəm/

noun

noun: terrorism

1. the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.

That is what pops up when you type in "definition of terrorism" in Google.

I think we've all heard about terrorism or terrorist attacks, no?

I'm sad to know that this happens around the world, on so many days of the year and yet the media only focuses on ones that they think suit their channels or that target certain groups, such as people with different religions, people who come from different countries, different races, etc.

Sure, everyone should be afraid of terrorism! But I don't understand why so many cases of this horrible act is not brought into light by the media or other sources so that people who are watching TV or listening to the radio or reading the paper can know about it as well.

So many of these horrible acts can go on every single day in any country.

TERRORISM AFFECTS EVERYONE!

Stop thinking that it's a religions' fault or that a race is doing it or that everything is related to a certain group of people.

Are you really going to believe the media, who in fact distort the truth to get the most reaction out of the world?

Just because someone is a different race from you, does not mean that they are going to kill you or blow things up.

Just because someone is a different religion from you, or in a different country than you, doesn't mean that they want to cause you harm.

When will people start realizing that not everyone is out to get you?

When will people notice that not everyone wants to harm you?

It's okay to be any religion, race, gender, or in a country that has a bad rep or anything else that defines you. That doesn't give anyone the right to act meanly or rudely towards you.

PEOPLE HAVE NO RIGHT TO GENERALIZE A CERTAIN TYPE OF POPULATION BASED ON HISTORY.

NOT EVERYONE IS EVIL AND OUT TO BURN DOWN THE WORLD.

GIVE PEOPLE THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE.

Seriously guys, not everyone that's different from you wants you to suffer.

We're all human.

We're all afraid of these attacks.

~Leni-Anne Blacker