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A Way Out
Shaking the ground
I'm breaking down
Thinking I'm on my own right now
And nobody sees me
What am I doing?
Rolling up my sleeves
Getting ready for the haul
My next big dream
And the voices in my head said I would fall
I'm stronger that they thing
And people say I overdo everything
And they're not wrong
But it's my pen, my pencil, my life, get gone
Cuz I'm tired
Eyes gone red
I'm building up
To protect
My heart and my head
I have a thick skull
Did you forget?
Telling me all my life I have no friends
Pulling my hair
Calling me a d*ke
Spit-Spatting on my shoes
I swear I'll never be like you
The woman of the house decided I was unworthy
At the age of three and I was on the potty
'Mommy where'd you go?" "Mommy, where you at?"
Oh she disappeared but she'll be right back
Where did you go?
Just wanted to let you know
You set me up for failure
Made me blame myself
But it was never about me
It was about how you felt!
My father did his very best
To stop my tears
Clean up this mess
That you made!
Do you feel sorry?
This never would've happened if you truly loved me
Screaming and shouting
Deep in my lungs
I want to free
Myself from this bleeding
Choking up on words in my throat
Tying my hands up so I don't have hope
But I have teeth
I have claws
I have pride
I have made some wrongs
But that doesn't make me any less of a human being
I am myself and yes I am different
We all make mistakes
End up in the wrong place
And you can't control your fate
But you can control the words that escape
And no matter how much you bleed
You will understand yourself more than any other human being
But in this moment of desperation
Remember this please
There is a way out
Just wait and see
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Oh my gosh, so I wrote this out just now in my notes on my Ipad because I wanted to write a poem. But I had no idea it would turn into this, I think I just had a breakthrough, this was like therapy, lmk if you enjoyed this in the comments below and give this a thumbs up if you like it! Seriously though, I just scared myself LOL.