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"Not good enough." "Your annoying." "Don't be a ***** up." "Do it or end up a failure." To them they are words. To me they are a gunshot, To my brain, To my heart. Meaningless nonsense to others Is an all too real battle cry to me. I hear the cannons in my head. I panic, So I run. And I never stop. I cry, I scream, I hurt, I hit, Until I can't run anymore. Until I fall and fail. "You should be nervous." "This does not cut it." "God, your slow." "Didn't meet my expectations." If they are meaningless to you Why aren't they meaningless to me? I've been stabbed with a sword And the commands cry out, "Do Something, Your Pathetic!" I hear the cannons in my head. I panic, So I run. And I Never Stop. I bleed, I sob, I agonize, I grieve, Until I can't run anymore. Until I fall and fail. I may fall, But I never stop, No rest. The cannons are never too far away to hear. So I pick myself up once more. I am a one man army. So I run. And I Never Stop.
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Apr 30, 2014
Apr 30, 2014 at 5:28 PM UTC
Worry is a War
Keep pulling the strings, Harder. I've grown accustomed To the painful yanking. Take my shoulders And tug them astern. Back rigid as a board, So as to never run blissfully. Heave my head up. Neck indefinitely stiff. I'll never be able to gaze Down at the flowers. Wrench my lips further. Cheeks excruciatingly tight. So that I may amicably smile, At people I'd rather frown. Extract my laugh out from within. Lungs enervated from Emanating becoming laughs. Which animate these artificial Kings and Queens, When I genuinely desire To spill their crowns. Force the tears back from my eyes. As I stand reduced to a creature In a frivolous sideshow. Defeated. Degraded. Destroyed. Master. I do not despise you. Neither pity myself. You cannot dodge inheritance. You cannot hide from the strings. For we are born Puppets. And become the Puppeteers.
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Feb 6, 2014
Feb 6, 2014 at 8:02 PM UTC
The Puppet
Stranger, Why won't you look at me? With those piercing blue eyes parting that pale, beautiful skin. Like a sea- parting the sand. Stranger, Why won't you turn my way? With a brush of that platinum hair on that harsh jawline. Like a field of wheat- tickling the striking sky. Stranger, Why won't you smile at me? With that quiescent smirk surfacing on those pale pink lips. Like a sunset- just starting to sink behind the trees. Stranger, Why won't you gaze at me? Like the way- I gaze at you. Stranger, Make me feel beautiful. Make me feel noticed. Make me feel- Worth It. Stranger, Your walking away. As if you haven't just crushed a heart. A soul. Stranger, Look at me.
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Jan 12, 2014
Jan 12, 2014 at 8:42 PM UTC
Stranger, Look at Me