The Devils Snare
SOME CALL ME CRAZY THE REST SAY IM INSANE BUT JUST BECAUSE I HEAR VOICES DOESNT
MEAN THERES SOMETHING WRONG.WHEN I LOOK AT YOU I KNOW YOU LOOK AT ME BUT
SOMETHING DEEP INSIDE ME TELLS ME YOUR TALKING ABOUT ME.I CAN FEEL IT INSIDE EVEN
IF YOUR OUTSIDE I CAN LOOK INTO YOUR EYES AND TELL THAT IM RIGHT.JUST BECAUSE
YOUR MOUTH DOESNT MOVE YOUR ONLY TRING NOT TO BE RUDE BUT THAT VOICE IN MY
HEAD SAID YOUR SHOOTING OFF OUT YOUR MIND.WHEN YOU WALK BEHIND ME I FEEL YOUR
VERY THOUGHTS.YOU MEKE ME REALLY PARANOID HAVING TO GLANRE BESIDE MY
EYES.TRICKY!
I WALK DOWN THE STREET AND I COUNT YOUR FOOTSTEPS RIGHT THEN LEFT THEN SILENCE
WHATS NEXT?I SEE THAT PERSON BEHIND ME DOING EVERYTHING I DO CANT BE ME HAS TO
BE YOU.SOUNDS AND NOISES ENCLOSE MY MENTAL STATE SOMETIMES I THINK I SHOULD BE
LOCKED BEHIND A METAL GATE.IN THE CAR THE RADIO DRIVES ME INSANE ON EVERY
STATION THERES SOMEONE TRYING TO GAIN ACCESS INTO MY BRAIN.MY PETS ARE THE
ONLY ONES WHO LET ME BE I THINK THATS BECAUSE THEY ARE A PART OF ME.
I LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND DONT HEAR A SOUND THEN SUDDENLY A ROAR COMING FROM
UNDERGROUND.THERES NO PLACE LIKE HOME BUT THATS A LIE BEFORE I FINISH THE TRAIN
WILL GO BY.TOO MANY CONVERSATIONS GO ON IN MY HEAD THE LIFE OF A PERSON WHO
WAS BEAT IN THE HEAD.TOO MUCH LED TOO MUCH PAIN NOT CRAZY JUST SMART THE LIFE
OF A SOLDIER WITH FRAGMENTS IN HIS HEAD!
Copyright © Brandy Megens | Year Posted 2009
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