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 © | Year Posted 2009

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Neshat Avatar
April 29, 2009 at 5:10 PM
I hear voices all the time, too. Sometimes I wish I didn't and I know some other people they do as well, they just don't want to admit the truth.
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