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ANTICONFLICT

its the source of all my stresses

living inside a mindful of other peoples messes

it's the message

hiding inside my pride in fake caresses

the anger that makes my heart aggressive

playing the part to feel like I'm progressive

 

my emotions

tangled and tied I lie awake in search of

the releases

only pieces of me reflecting in a mirror

the picture of me only seemingly getting clearer

 

my successes bought and sold

it's impressive the way money can calm your soul

so I've been told

but I never made any bills

that weren't something to be paid

I hate every dollar I have made

and the ways every dollar has made me

 

it's my escapes

this half a bottle of Jaeger

has all this bottled up anger

spilling out of me like a boxer throwing blows

pacing on my toes in this paper rink

killing trees and slinging ink

to write down what I think

 

it's compromises

it's never ******* who I want

it's ******* who I find

masturbations got me going blind

terminally jaded and trying to face

this master race of pretty faces

my pursuit and all the chases

of three percent body fat

when eight percent is where I'm at

it's always just the little bit that kills

that keeps you jogging on a treadmill

going nowhere

so why am I running

when it's an embarrassment

to all my strengths to stop and think

I still don't think I'm who I think I should be

so who the **** is me

if I'm forever changing

its ******* amazing I ever make it out the door

sore with all the fears I've got of **** that I will drop

all the things I'm scared to fail at

 

so just **** it

**** the reasons **** the people

**** the questions **** my friends

it's an obsession with no end

these sessions of self improvement

not proving useful as they're taking me apart

so it just proves I've been losing from the start

 

I've just gotta let my mind clear

I've gotta take a breathe

I just had to get it off my chest

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Apr 26, 2012
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