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Everyone expects a clear explanation Just cause they don't see the scars Nor the pain that burns in my throat Or how bitter everything tastes in my mouth Everyone thinks I make it up Just cause I can stand I wish I could just lay down and give up But I won't, because you still won't believe. Everyone thinks I am a liar But if I drank the whole bottle How would you feel? If I fell limp and lifeless? Everyone says my words are empty Just cause they can't carry the weights Why pretend to care? What gain will you have from it? Everyone says I'm wrong. But none of them know I know. Everyone wants to knock some sense into me. But none of them know I have more of it than them. Everyone thinks of me differently now Everyone thinks of me, deranged; Everyone thinks so since I continue to live; I wonder if I grew languid. Everyone has their words to say. Everyone has their censures to tell. How cowardly of me to hide in these words, Without a voice, without a resolve. I wonder if you knew what burden I bear I wonder if you felt how ugly is the ugly I wonder if you felt sympathy without a hidden agenda I wonder if I—
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Written by
paene-vivit
23 / Non-binary
For You?
Written by
paene-vivit
23 / Non-binary
Published
Nov 9, 2017
Lines·Words
39·220
Notes

Everyone please pretend I'm okay.

Don't bombard me

I'm a mess

I know

Don't rub it in my face

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