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*** My life is stitched together by the battles I can’t win. I tear myself to pieces Just so I can still fit in. Their all holding candles while I light this twig on fire. I swear it smells like roses but their calling me a liar. It doesn’t make sense, anymore. Tell me to please you, tell me how? I can’t do this anymore Cause I’m losing myself now. And when you've stripped me bare Of every piece that once was true. Can I be happy? How can I be happy? Living my life now as you... I’m following the markers On the floor, my feet step in. The strings keep me perfected As their pull against my skin. I'm trying not to feel, not to think, And not to dream. If I cry, the makeup’s ruined And my corset bursts a seam. But am I even breathing? Am I living? Am I dead? And who is the person That’s is living in my head? And when you've stripped me bare Of every piece that once was true. Can I be happy? How can I be happy? Living my life now as you... ©vera_anne_wolf
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Apr 5, 2019
Apr 5, 2019 at 12:04 PM UTC
Living (Dead) Doll
*** My life is stitched together by the battles I can’t win. I tear myself to pieces Just so I can still fit in. Their all holding candles while I light this twig on fire. I swear it smells like roses but their calling me a liar. It doesn’t make sense, anymore. Tell me to please you, tell me how? I can’t do this anymore Cause I’m losing myself now. And when you've stripped me bare Of every piece that once was true. Can I be happy? How can I be happy? Living my life now as you... I’m following the markers On the floor, my feet step in. The strings keep me perfected As their pull against my skin. I'm trying not to feel, not to think, And not to dream. If I cry, the makeup’s ruined And my corset bursts a seam. But am I even breathing? Am I living? Am I dead? And who is the person That’s is living in my head? And when you've stripped me bare Of every piece that once was true. Can I be happy? How can I be happy? Living my life now as you... ©vera_anne_wolf
Is it really living if you're not living as you?
VeraAnneWolf
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Apr 5, 2019
Apr 5, 2019 at 12:04 PM UTC
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