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Rage Is Not Mine To Keep

Anger I cannot feel For when my lip twist and turns Theirs nurse those fated words Hostile Rough, her hair and skin Are tough The ash falls The embers and flame Snuffed out by a gust of Impenetrable change Rage is not mine to keep No it is theirs Their spear and the bullet With the barrel pointed to the forehead Of the finger on the trigger Anger, Joy They do not know the difference For my shouts hold a Certain tone A shift in the air A laugh Or is it a cry For help For anyone to Please help Rage is not mine to keep Neither am I My hands bound Turned away from the air of Boundaries Do you not know boundaries But I am angry I am so angry I am so angry that I could just Rage is not mine to keep Neither am I For the smile that graces my face It filled with teeth that Hold it all in And all I Want to do is scream I want to scream and Feel the things promised To me didn't they say I could have my Own They own my scream They own my scream And rage is not mine to keep Neither am I

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