"The girl holding back her tears in classThinks maybe if she

"The girl holding back her tears in class
Thinks maybe if she doesn't let them fall,
No one will see it
But I can see

My friend avoids the camera
Because she thinks maybe if she stays away from it,
No one will see the way she can't stand the way she looks
But I can see

The boy in front of me laughs so loud
Because maybe if everyone can hear his laugh,
No one can see his pain
But I can see

The boy next to me draws his feelings away
Because maybe if he puts them on paper,
No one can see what he's feeling inside
But I can see

I can see the pain that is surrounding this generation,
Like dust in the air after a sandstorm,
And suffocating us,
Forcing us to suffer in silence

I can see the pain,
Because I am living it too"