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Secrets

Secrets aren't secrets unless you keep it to yourself
Be sure not to tell anyone else
If it gets out, I don't know what I'll do
I guess I'll just deny that it's true
I told you because I thought you were trustful
But you told people because you thought it was cool
I'm done with trust because people break it
It wasn't just you because everyone did
I guess we're playing a game of follow the leader
I guess I'll come back. Just like you, but meaner.

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why did you leave?

why did you leave?
did your love just seem to cease?
i thought that we had a connection.
one like no one else did.
i was barely even one.
but i guess the decision was done.
you don't deserve my forgiveness
but you'll get it nonetheless
remember that i'm doing it for me.
my love can't be bought with a fee.
now someone else has taken your place.
because you left without a trace.
SHE is my MOM but not by blood.
SHE stuck by me when no one else would
i don't need you to try to play mommy
i'm tired of hearing you say i'm sorry.
SHE will be here when the day is done.
i will be HER rising sun

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Infinity

Forever is just until we die
Only until the end of our lives
Forever doesn't work the way it seems
Forever is only just a dream
I don't want forever with you
I want to change this point of view
I want something longer for you and me
I want us for infinity

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Them

They talk enough to make her pace
But in front of adults, it's a different face
They act so innocent. It's such a bore
But it's very different behind closed doors
Do they understand the things they say?
Does it click inside their brains?
When will they just let it rest?
Because they're making her a mess
"Lock it up and keep it tight"
That's what her mother says. Yeah, right
The anger boils under her skin.
When will all this agony end?

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Envy

I envy that I don't have what they do
Because they all get everything new
I envy the golden platter everything is handed to them on
I envy how their every breath is a song
But I don't envy the hate they perspire
How their hate is like putting gas on a fire
They prey on people's insecurities
People give in to their every need
"I'm going to tell her she doesn't smell great"
Can we please stop with the hate?
What I once was and what I am are different now
But when I try to defend myself, all they do is growl
They're like hungry wolves wanting the last bite
Things could get better. If we all try, they might

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Were You There?

I hate when people say "I know what you're going through."
Because you honestly don't, do you?
Were you there when he placed his hand on my knee?
While deathly staring at me?
While I pierced his moving hand with my eyes?
When I suddenly thought this was going to ruin my life?
When he finally stopped moving his hand up?
While I sat there unable to interrupt?
While I sat there worthless?
Wishing he would give it a rest?
When he placed his hand where he wanted?
When I began to feel haunted?
When I felt my body was not my own?
But I didn't give it out to loan!
I didn't want to feel his hand move about.
All I could do was sit there and count.
I couldn't move until he was done.
But I sat there wishing to run.
I shouldn't have froze up like that.
But I just felt trapped.
I still feel his horrible breath breathing in my face.
Wishing to get out of that place.
But now I'm just a part of the 97%.
With all the girls that didn't give consent.

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The Pain

The pain she feels when she's alone
The pain she feels inside her home
It changes when she's with you
Because she doesn't want you to feel it too.
You make her feel likes she's alive
Like she doesn't wanna end her life
But she still hides the pain until she's alone
Just in time to not explode.

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effects of mental disorders

facing disorders at an early age is "your" fault
this isn't what i learned, what i was taught
thinking of the memories my disorder has brought
"this is normal", that's what we thought
i talk to someone, they label me as crazy
i'm just begging for someone to save me
now they only see what i want them to see
the color red stains my favorite tee
i try and try, but get nothing in return
how will they feel when tables have turned
i think of the acts of people i've learned 
they fake and pretend to be concerned
depression? anxiety? bipolar? here's some medications
they won't heal my thoughts of temptations
no one understands, no one's in relations
being numb is the new sensation
putting the blame on people for how they are
it's only going to push them so far
thoughts are hanging as high as the stars
do you know how you're making them feel?
the emotions they had, their disorder will steal
no one can save us, nothing left to heal
now nothing seems real

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Attack

i never thought this day would come
many were there, but now only some
once a friend of many
but this day took plenty
what went through his head this day?
leaving these young children to decay
depriving these kids of a future promised
candle light vigils for all who are missed
this school will never forget this day
it will always be remembered this day
the day the boy made the decision to attack
but no one was able to strike back

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Forgotten

the small blanket you carried around
disappeared with no trace, no sound
not knowing when you'll think of it last
it seems to only be a part of your past
but the little things don't seem to matter
its the bigger memories that lurk
the ones you feel, but can't seem to place
thoughts after thoughts start to race
more of a feeling than a memory
how long until there's no more me