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May 2016
My mind is fading
As I cast my tears to the wind and watch it all fall apart
I'm front and center to the execution of my own heart
should of seen it coming so I could play into the part
Instead of hiding under the covers and throwing hope to the stars and making a last wish
I've got a smile like a lashed whip, slashed open with our last kiss
Lover with a dagger in these cracked ribs                                          
You laugh
Because nobody questions the clown until the paint washes off
Picking shattered pieces of the crown out of the holes left whittled in my brow
When it all finally broke open, left me out of reach, with a mouth full of love songs scratching at my teeth
Get back on my feet, and stop acting like I never had a chance to be free
Break me out of here
I'm freezing
Wrapped in these chains made of fear
  I'm fading
In this rain made of tears
Tragedy, is like a drug stuck into the veins of my two-faced love
Day dreaming about your face, and when I'll pass that lit torch with the blue flame up
With a cross to bare, heavy with my black lung breathing, stuck
No power to the last one leaving, all these cracked words leaking out of my mouth
Now leaving a blank slate looking for peace, and all I wanted was a hide out
A nice place to learn how to lie down and die when the time doesn't fly
I should have learned by now that time doesn't slide in the direction of these tears pouring out of my eyes
I should have seen it, or felt it, traced its body with a felt tip pen, and glued its image onto myself
They should of told me its closer to a heavenly hell
Instead of forcing me to smile when all the breath in me fails
I'm just a prisoner now
Ashley Rodden
Written by
Ashley Rodden  32/F/Missouri
(32/F/Missouri)   
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