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  Apr 2 Poet
Lyle
don't
tell me my feelings aren't real!
don't
tell me I don't matter!
don't
tell me I'm too much to handle!
don't
tell me I'm not worthy!
don't
tell me I'm not deserving!
don't
tell me I'm not smart!
don't
tell me I'm not pretty!
don't
because I will believe you
  Apr 2 Poet
Lyle
What's wrong?
they ask
and its just
easier
To smile and say "nothing"
then to tell them the truth
So now I don't even give them the chance
to ask
I just plaster on a smile
and an uncaring attitude
and adopt them permanently
so they think I'm okay
because its just easier
then telling them the truth
  Apr 2 Poet
Lyle
The perfect family
Smile for the public
No one knows what's beneath the laughter and jokes
No one suspects that they are anything less than
The perfect family
Picture perfect house
Picture perfect appearance
Won’t someone look a little deeper
Look past the expensive things
Look at the expressions
Can’t you tell
That this isn’t a perfect family?
  Apr 2 Poet
Lyle
You screamed this morning
Now my makeup is running
Look. You ruined me.
  Apr 2 Poet
Lyle
Damaged Goods, Half Off
She's only slightly broken
No takers at all?
  Apr 2 Poet
Lyle
...
shut your MOUTH
and let me speak
because when you SPEAK
I can't think
When you THINK
you don't filter
and when you don't FILTER
your words hurt
and when you HURT
you don't care
when you don't CARE
I want to die.
  Apr 2 Poet
Lyle
how come I'm forced to be happy when you are its not fair its not what I want to be I just want to scream!

spiralingg basically I'm not doing okay
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