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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!

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Date: 4/29/2009 5:10:00 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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