Pour words over my head like broken glass
until my ears bleed
Shout my name
cuss until your words make sense to you

I will go on
just as I am because I am not you
I walk the streets others have paved
yet I will not step away from my own path
You bruise my heart
but blood flows through my veins
just the same
Because of you and others like you,
I know who I am,
I am not you...

Our lips pout with unfeeling kisses and backward glances.
The foreplay of our truth
dances around like naked lies.
Once we shared the soul in each other’s eyes,
but then we cared.

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The pain it comes down like rain

I’m dancing between the drops
Acting like nothing’s wrong
No one has seen the tears I have fought

Some say it’s my father, but my father’s not at fault
Some say it’s my brother but he is not the one I sought
Some say my sister maybe, if only she had thought

No one knows the pain… it comes down like rain
I fear my heart is breaking the weight has come so fast
I knew from the start my strength would never last

I am my brother’s keeper the fire and the flame
I am my father’s name sake that remains the same
I am my sister’s friend that’s never been a game

I am alone and the pain comes down like rain

I’m dancing between the drops
Acting like nothing’s wrong
No one has seen the tears I have fought
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