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Cry

For lifetimes, I cry and cry My life, I don’t know why I’ve died and died I don’t know why I don’t know why I can’t stand seeing my mother with another I want my mother with my father I don’t understand where it went wrong My mother always told me to be strong, to be strong But I cry so easy Every time I think of my mother with another man I feel uneasy Every time I think of my father with another woman I feel uneasy I don’t know how they can keep secrets so easy But then I see the blood drip from my wrist and I understand that secrets can be easy I just cry and think why? Why? Why? Tears fall from my eye My sister and I hold one another and just cry I don’t know what to say, so I cut another slit into my thigh I hold on, cause I know one day I'll be fine I don’t talk to my mom and dad Our family torn apart, just like a family story gone bad I never thought it would happen to me “Please stay together, mom and dad,” I plea It’s no use, they can’t hear me More harm, my heart broke, water drops from my eye, thinking of what could be -e.g.

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Date: 1/13/2022 3:14:00 AM
This is so sad but wonderfully expressed. Dry those eyes and live the best life you can.
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