Push Me Aside

Maybe I'm a talker
Mostly just let words leak from me
Doesn't mean I don't watch 
I know what other people see

It's easy for me to settle my will
I'm used to caving in
I let you blow heat
That's kinda my thing

The trouble is I suppress me
I can't pretend I don't bleed
Inwardly I'm gushing liquid astonishment 
I look like a shadow of humanity 

My mask is handcrafted
I have years of bruises 
Brush stroked meticulously 
Always painted perfectly

Step on me 
I'll hold your weight 
Until you walk over me
Then it's you that will have to wait

Do you feel replaceable 
Tread water but know you’re sinking
Swallow salt like it’ll cure you’re heartache
Know that your sanity is slowly dwindling

I wear angel wings
But my feathers are stained with blood
I hold my head up to breath
Except my heart’s been trampled in mud
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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July 25, 2017 at 2:38 PM
I like especially the first line of each stanza that put together could built an other poetry perhaps with other message but similar strength, imagery and hope. Congrat.
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