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#rehearsal
I call your rules pathetic But am I really the pathetic one? Since I am so averse In this universe I rehearse a smile A mask that lays over my face constricting who I am So people accept me for who I am I hide under the mask that is glued to my face until I rip the glue off and my skin with it So I walk around with this mask and no skin under it from the countless times I have ripped it off Because I trusted someone to see what was under the mask And my skin came off with it They didn’t like what they saw They liked the version of me they’d concocted in their head Am I just one who is meant to play a part in this sick game we call life? Where my existence is a spectacle Just because I don’t like the body I was put in Doesn’t mean people should hate me before they know me So I play the part I hide under the mask because there is no skin left
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Mar 4
Mar 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM UTC
Rehearsal
i come home around 10pm after musical rehearsal. i come home to a silent and empty house. its like im being rejected from my own home.
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Feb 26, 2019
Feb 26, 2019 at 11:18 PM UTC
return
Why was it I'd just written a perfect screenplay So I looked up to deliver my final line for the night That when I saw you My computer crashed
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Feb 2, 2019
Feb 2, 2019 at 11:47 PM UTC
Playwright
I look in your direction, And I catch you making eye contact. I immediately turn away, Embarrassed in thinking 'bout it. ==《 ¿ 》== At least I let you know. Now it's time to move on. If you'll return, then I know it wasn't in vain.
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Feb 1, 2017
Feb 1, 2017 at 7:42 AM UTC
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