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a computer is only as smart as it's operator,

stupid computer
i'm pretty sure it's a crime
to have you skinny dipping inside the pools of my mind
hey go over there and give that ***** a kiss,

but this time do it with your fist
Too young to know too young to grow
I was just a child when you had to go
Yet I still remember the smell of the smoke
It’s burned into my memory, I would know

The love we received from you was nothing short of true
I’ve had a feeling that maybe you’re in the room
Watching me, protecting me, healing me
You’re not truly gone, always where we’ll be
Paradoxical
problem-causer
Mirror of her own
pain

That mask of being so
elite
Protects her battered heart from
break

Broken girl
doomed
to become the very monster
that kills her
A close friend of mine is a narcissist. It's exhausting to deal with, and I've wished I could be brave enough to tell her I don't want to be her friend for years.

But I've realized it isn't about being brave. It's about being kind. I am one of the only people who cares enough about her to see beneath the mask, and I see pain so similar to my own it hurts. Trauma like this causes all sorts of anomalies. I suppose I'm lucky my own is one that cares for me and protects me, instead of just projecting a destructive image of perfection.

Friendly reminder to be patient with the person that you saw in your head when you read this: you never know what they may going through. Try to look past the irritation and empathize if you can
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Lyle
...
shut your MOUTH
and let me speak
because when you SPEAK
I can't think
When you THINK
you don't filter
and when you don't FILTER
your words hurt
and when you HURT
you don't care
when you don't CARE
I want to die.

— The End —