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if you're insane                
my being insane                            
shouldn't be too bad
we'll grow insane together

it'll be crazy
i don't want to ask for much
       but there are two things
                                   i need, please:
keep me safe, or just feeling safe when
                 the darkness closes in
      and i can't move for fear.
hold me loved, really love me when
          i can't face the light of day
                        and the numbered pressures it brings
   i promise,
i'll keep the darkness away from you
         i'll hold you loved when light presses in
just please
                          keep your promise
i didn't think        
i would be like this                  
sad, angry, depressed        
i'm not that bad
i still function    
- most of the time -                     but  
i didn't know    
that everyone says you're
"off the rails"                                
you'd think i'd know
i mean                                
i'm your daughter                    
i thought it might be more obvious        
if my mother was crazy                        
and that
the whole town    
is just waiting
for me to either      
go insane                        
rebel                        
or become
really depressed                        
because of her                        
it's frightening
in a small town
when they all know        
and are waiting                
for my                                
eventual
insanity
i wish i was naturally pretty                  
i wish i was naturally skinny                  
i wish i was naturally happy                  
i wish i was naturally loving                  
i wish i was naturally never frightened
i wish i was naturally smart                    
i wish i could stop wishing
                      for things that
will never come true
i wish i wasn't a dreamer                        

- i wish -
I know you don't really care,
It's quite obvious, you see,
But I've fallen into disrepair,
This empty shell that is me.

Could you help me out?
One favor, for old times' sake?
And tell me, without a doubt,
Our friendship wasn't fake?
Wrote this really fast, I'll add a second part later
Hands shaking, lips trembling,
What exactly do you see?

A spider dangling in your face
Or a witch's broom crackling?

Concealed in a dark, closed room
Or the sound of thunder and lighting?

Zombies eating your brains (if you actually have any),
Or the sinking feeling of dying?

Of all the nightmares in the world,
Which one leaves you shivering?
Horrible, I know. I'm sorry. Will *try* to do a better job next time.
 Jun 2013 Talitha Lila Bedworth
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I wish you would take me and make me your own
and I wish you and I could run away together
to our own tiny, unknown paradise
a land to call our own and a love to call perfect
me and you, two teenage **** ups with
nothing left but each other
you and me, though young and foolish,
perfect for each other
but our love was always under the weather
we were never going to be perfect
'cause you were never going to be in love
with a shy sad girl who you little acknowledge
but I love you with all of my heart
and I really hope you see that
you blank me out like I am nothing because
that's the honest truth
I really am a nobody to you
but I love you
and that's all that counts
and I hope when you're alone
and you have no one else to think about
I cross your mind
from time to time
and I hope you smile slightly
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