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~•§•~ This Pen Saved Me ~•§•~

I find it hard to put myself out there, I don't go out on a limb To concerned about what people think and say, like "man, look at him" "Who the fuck does he think he is, he ain't no Eminem" These words never hit my ear but I swear I'm hearing them "Look at this, another poor white boy from the trailer park" "Trying to hit his mark and make it big by belting out what's in his heart" They got no clue money and fame wasn't my reason to start It began as a way to shed some light on what seemed like eternal dark One spark was all it took and I couldn't stop this pen from spilling ink On the brink of insanity aboard a ship destin to sink Life fucking me like a bitch, two in the pink one in the stink Swallowed a bottle of pills, why did they give me this charcoal to drink Hmmm, let me think...FUCK That's the problem, I just reacted, I didn't stop to think Didn't stop to think about everything I was about to flush down the stink But the rope that was supposed to save me is now the one around my throat The beautiful words I wrote now read as if a suicide note But getting these thoughts out worked better then letting them get my goat The loose lief kinda saved my life, it kept me afloat I filled up hundreds of papers, I wrote down thousands of lines The more I wrote the less I hurt, confidence up and pain declines The rain subsides eventually in everyone's minds But make no mistake the beast still resides behind these eyes It's just these words are like a prize, they put the beast to sleep like lullaby's ©2018
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Written by
bettsjc187
42 / M / Washington State
Published
Feb 18, 2018
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#myself#poor#fame#dark#suicide#pain#prize#lullaby#cry#saved
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