You Don'T Know Me

You don’t know me So why do you stare? What are you looking for? Who do you see? Why make me uncomfortable When you don’t know me I have come from a place Where there’s bondage and pain Called hitherto so here’s where I’ll remain So don’t see me as foreign, an outcast, or lost See me as you are because I’ve paid the cost I paid to be here and I’ve paid to be free So don’t stare so hard because you don’t know me My beauty is not a façade My image is real For it’s the image of God And he created me with Zeal He was excited about me He knew all that I would do So I ask to what degree Does my existence bother you? There’s offense in your eyes This much I can see But it’s all unnecessary Because you don’t know me I am not here to be seen Nor do I come to see So forgive me as I remind you That you don’t know me! I’ve told you about my now While reflecting on my then Where I am and where I’ve been In all of my explaining Of who I am and what I be What saddens me deeply is You still don’t know me!