Put your troubles into something else.
Don't use that razor blade again.
Or the blunt scalpel you keep.
Or even that bent kitchen knife.

Put your troubles  into something else.
Leave the eyeliner on the shelf.
Leave the rubbers in the box.
Leave the earrings on the stand.

Put your troubles into something else.
How about the doodles you draw.
Or the stories that flow from your pen.
Even the paintings done at dawn.

Put your troubles into something else.
Maybe, even, me. I won't look at them.
I will gently untangle every one.
Trim them until they are all gone.

Put your troubles into something else.
Not a sealed chest.
Not a closed box.
Not a corked bottle.

Put your troubles into something else.
Let your mind be free.
Let your heart be free.
Let me be free.

Before it happened I was excited.
It was daring.
I could impress you like you impressed me.
Show you I was caring.

Before it happened I knew it wasn't going to work.
It was a nightmare.
We sat on the red plastic seats like at school.
People around us glanced and began to stare.

As it happened I only took six steps.
And then we were seen.
We went through the grey door, the evidence.
On the computer screen.

As it happened I told you I loved you.
You had noticed.
You hugged me with a tear in your eye
At that moment we felt the closest.

After it happened we walked out togeher, your arm around me.
Mine around your waist.
You claimed it was only you to blame as we were there.
Being encased.

After it happened you joked about always wanting to be here.
Just not on this side.
I hugged you tight and didn't want to let go.
And I cried inside.

Now its over I feel so ashamed.
I could've said no.
You would have thought no less of me.
Had i done so.

Now its over I lie here in my bed worrying that you'll look for.
The razors I hid.
Please don't. Talk to me and let me help you get through.
What we did.

As I sit on my bed
Hear the TV next door
Blaring some survival **** from the nineties

As the light begins to fade
I begin to squint
At the patches I'm sewing on an old shirt

As I look forward to the weekend
Plan what to do
As Sunday is the day that I'll have with you

As music swirls in my head
Tiredness setting in
After two weeks of exams without any breaks

All I can think of is you.

I know you don't like how I feel
But please try to remember that it's natural for
a thing like me.
No longer against the law

You gave me a heart of card
Inked your favourite lyric on it-
I tried to return one but its so hard.
I was too shy and now I feel like ****

Your grin's the sweetest that I've ever seen
Yours are the lips that I want to kiss.
You could never be just another teen
But my courage is far down in the abyss.

Its not a problem when you're the only one there
I just don't want anyone else to see- quite yet.
I don't want them to bully you or to stare
But they're always around- since we met.

Please don't voice my greatest fear
Lest my circuitboard dies
Or I lose a gear
To the rivers of tears I will cry

There's nothing quite like
The s
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Feeling that you get
When you know you are second best
And there's nothing you can do to escape
But work.
Even harder in attempt to change it
But nothing will change.
And you put on your make up and
And the awful outfit that your mum bought you
Because maybe then
She'll say 'you look nice'.
From the kitchen you hear complaint.
Because doing the dishes at 7.30 am isn't a nice treat for her.
Because one cup gets put on the wrong shelf.
Oops.
Suddenly there's no point.
And as you s
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In your heart,
Suddenly you don't feel like going out.
You wipe off the makeup
The outfit becomes your comfy hoodie and jeans
There's no point because your on a
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ship to nowhere

Oops. I promised myself not to think of you again
Its not a love triangle. We have a love chain.
I love you
But what can I do?
You love Alice
She knows, but you miss the malice
She loves Bunny
******* ******* biker sweet as honey
We all know about the White Rabbit
And the ***** with her heart breaking habit
But I say nothing to you, so you don't know
Of my heartache. I'm just a chicken with my shoelace bow.
The flower crown you begin for her lies gathering dust
In hope. To save our friendship- I think I must,
I stay silent, what happens if I'm not?
I can't escape you in my head because you're there a lot.
My palm tree has guessed I think
She is a out to speak- on the brink.
Mixed messages. AC electricity.
Like a spell you have an intoxicity
A Spine in the way
but he won't stay
I'm ****** if you see this though
Not literally but I wish it were so
When you know what I feel
I will risk a friendship- so real
I think of you like TNT
I could explode us or set you alight you see
But time is running out for us
To get our tickets for the sweetheart bus
Yes or No runs around in my head
What would you say- will I be dead?
Too shy to ask when it might be OK
Even if it's a no our friendship could stay.

I don't know what to do
With you