I'm Alive, I Exist

Just take a moment.
Turn around.
Acknowledge that I'm alive.
Notice that I exist.
Just a second.
That's all I ask.
Long enough to see I'm alive.
Time enough to realize I exist.
My heart is beating,
My lungs barely breathing,
But I'm alive,
And I exist.
There's a person here.
A person with a heart and soul.
A person who's alive.
A person who exists.
A person with feelings.
A person who is me.
Because I'm alive.
And because I exist.
If I were invisible or silent,
Without my face or my voice,
I wouldn't be alive.
I wouldn't exist.
But I'm right here,
And I'm crying desperately
For someone to see I'm alive,
And for someone to realize I exist.