Poetry, because I can.

There's this mold they've created

Their standards reinstated

What they want, I just can't be

My wild side just can't exist

But the devil is hard to resist

Maybe I don't want to be "free"

I need to be better than just what I am

I must stop being their lost little lamb

What I am they no longer find "holy"

But I like the distaste

from being misplaced

Is it worth it for me to come back?

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There's a girl you've passed by

A sad look in her eye

And you simply do not care

There's a girl you've passed by

I see you don't try

To lift her burdens and share

There's a girl you've passed by

You don't wonder why

She doesn't have anyone there

There's a girl you've passed by

You don't know she'll die

Her burdens became too much to bear

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The cup was full

Up to the brim

Dripping over the sides

One day a chip

Along the left rim

Extended all down the glass

The water slipped

It rushed out fast

Then it started to slow

The counter is wet

And the broken shards

Are now dry

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Long I've waited here for you

Patiently waiting to enter your view

I knew everything that we would be

And how it would set both of us free

After a while you caught on too

Realizing together we could get through

But just as things were going well

We stumbled, tripped and down we fell

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My bubble burst, you entered in

I let you peek inside

I showed you pieces that were misplaced

The parts of me which died

I'm open now, for you to see

I want to push you out

For now you know my pains, my fears

What my sadness is about

Now you too will leave me here

Alone amidst my doubt

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I jump with faith

No one is there

I cry out in pain

No one is there

Alone I walk

No one is there

I turn around

No one is there

I express my love

No one is there

I continue on

No one will care

For no one is there