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lizie
Poems
May 27
i don’t want to lie anymore
i tell my mom i’m fine
with a smile that tastes like rust.
every “i’m okay”
tightens something in my chest.
i nod in therapy
when she asks if the thoughts are gone.
they’re not.
but i’m tired of proving i’m hurting.
i say i haven’t talked to you,
and maybe that’s true
if you don’t count dreams,
or the poems you still live in.
i used to think lying
was a way to keep the peace.
but now it just feels
like bleeding beneath a bandaid.
and i don’t want to lie anymore.
not to her.
not to them.
not to myself.
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lizie
17/F
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