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Mother

I want to tell you

All these secrets inside

I wish to scream them to the heavens

I do not like to hide

A relationship

Where comebacks are all we speak

How can I express to you

This truth that leaves me weak?

We've had so many opportunities

But never spoke a word

Never wrote a note

Never struck a chord

Am I the one to blame?

I built these walls so high

Story after story

Lie after lie after lie

I've only told the truth

When it became an absolute must

I want to let you in

But fear your lack of trust

Now you say you want to know

The things inside my head

Do you really?

I think you don't

I think you'd rather be dead

For you to know what I've become

For you to see what I am

Just another animated statistic

Another young lost lamb

I know you want to be there

To heal the wounds I'll hide

But you cannot handle this world

I've created in my mind

Mother, tell me now

What it is you want to hear

I won't offer this information

The truth is what we fear

The truth is what you fear

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Written by
katie-doodle
American
Published
Mar 12, 2010
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