By Guest Writer Alexa Schnee

I loved you with my whole being,

Nights spent staring at the ceiling,

Wondering why you didn’t notice me.

I should have known, that you were mine,

If I had only stopped and taken the time,

To realize what you wanted to see.

You got tired of my complaining,

My endless, constant restraining,

Of the person that was clawing inside my skin.

While you saw someone beautiful,

I saw someone ugly, horrible,

And that was enough to make you give in.

Now I’m on my back again staring,

Wondering why I couldn’t have been daring,

Enough to love this skin that I am in.

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Note from B.J.: Alexa is a talented teen writer who signed with my agent last spring, and has sold her first book to Guideposts. You can visit her website here and her blog here.