“It’s Ray. Nobody calls me
I live in a box,
where everything’s nice and neat. The
pictures are all straight and the glasses are arranged by size and shape. I am still quite young but act as if I were
old. I act as if I know it all, when I really
know very little. I follow the rules to
a tee and stay within the lines. I shut
out the world and act mad and uptight for anything else might allow myself to get hurt. I
can’t let go, and I don’t know what fun is.
I should be partying and having a good time, like most girls my
age. But I can’t put myself out there,
can’t run the risk. As long as I stay
firm, it won’t matter if people leave, it won’t matter if people love me, and I
will be safe.