These two poems written by Donna Williams are from her books by the same titles.
Nobody Nowhere
In a room without windows, in the company of shadows,
You know they won't forget you, they'll take you in.
Emotionally shattered, don't ask if it mattered,
Don't let it upset you, just start again.
In a world under glass, you can watch the world pass,
And nobody can touch you, you think you are safe,
But the wind can blow cold, in the depths of your soul,
Where you think nothing can hurt you till it is too late.
Run till you drop, do you know how to stop?
All the people walk right past you, you wave goodbye.
They all merely smiled, for you looked like a child
Never thought that they'd upset you, they saw you cry.
So take advice, don't question the experts.
Don't think twice, you just might listen,
Run and hide, to the corners of your mind, alone,
Like a nobody nowhere.
On the edge I ask myself, what will I lose,
To have lived in the depths of "well below zero,"
I grasped the tools to climb out,
And scream loudly to the world,
That I was all that I was, before never enough,
That with all I was, it wasn't fair enough
That I stayed there: a nobody nowhere.
