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Get Out

You live in my head 
Never paying a cent
I pray for the day you are evicted
 
And as much as I try to throw you out
You drowned me in your quicksand 
Pulling me under
So I can’t breathe 
Your way of reminding me 
That as badly as I may want it 
You’ll never leave

I squeeze my head with my hands 
hard enough that I leave red marks on my skin
Trying to remember the day I ever let you in

But I never did 
You forced your way in
You crushed my lungs 
And twisted the wires of my brain 
And changed the beat of my heart 
To distract me from your scheme
To give yourself just enough time 
To force yourself in

Like a predator stalking its prey
You created a trail to lure me in
That is what you are you know
A predator

Through the door and down the stairs 
I didn’t realize it was too late 
Until I saw no one else was there

You locked the door from the outside
And no matter how much I screamed 
And how much I cried 
Your cynical laugh haunted my ears 
Scared my brain 
And created my fears

And even when I sleep with the lamp on
The darkness is too potent for me to dream
Even with all the lights on 
it's not bright enough to blind me from the memories that haunt my head
I am still one of your hostages even when I go to bed
And when I wake up in the morning
And when I brush my teeth
And when I drive my car
No matter how long I drive
Deep down I know you are never far

You will always be right around the corner
Down the stairs
And through the door
Living rent-free in my head
And I will always be stuck down there
Screaming for the glorious day
Someone tells me you are daed

Copyright © Caitlyn Page | Year Posted 2022



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Manic Overload

resist the urge

fight the temptation 

don’t be stopped by the strangulation of hesitation

or the unsteady foundation 
 
which was built from your fears

time is of the essence

but don’t be anxious

you still have time to kill

the voices in your head are all liars 

you just have to find the will

the will to get up

the will to fight back

even when your mind is under attack

they are a figment of your imagination

a cruel and contemptuous creation

conjured up by the frustration 

of not being able to think clearly

making your mind delirious and dreary
 
there is only one opinion in your brain

even if sometimes you feel you're going insane

even if it feels like there is an elephant on your chest

just try and sneak in one little breath

if your hands are gripped so tightly on the rains

that you can see the bright blue color of your veins 

and the whites of your knuckles

but you can’t gain control

find one thing to focus on 

and don’t let it go

your mind may be moving fast but you can 

train it to move slowly 

take it day by day 

repeat to yourself 

*Just keep going*

and a word from the unlucky ones, 

remember time will heal

fight the urge to act on impulse

decipher what is real

your mind can be a menace

you can’t control how you feel

just think before you do

you’re the one behind the wheel

Copyright © Caitlyn Page | Year Posted 2022

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The Angels Bound By Themselves

The scariest moment is realizing you are losing yourself 

When you can see the light leaving your own eyes

Feeling your breathing drag longer and longer,  without a desire for oxygen 

Your body gets heavier and more sluggish by the day

Like wearing cinderblocks as shoes on your feet, struggling to follow one after the other 

Things that used to be motivating are an inconvenience 

People who used to give you hope are looked at as better off without you 

Those who you know, you wish could forget you

To make it easier on yourself and them, when you go

It becomes more of a dream than an idea

To grow wings full of white feathers

To see the light in your eyes again 

To find a breath of air refreshing 

To float like your body is weightless 

And the chains that held you down were unshackled 

To be able to be free without guilt

The things I would give to have that freedom 

The things I would do to be found

Copyright © Caitlyn Page | Year Posted 2022

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The Unlovable Lover Man

I am in love with the one who walks as if the world he ventures is his to take

I am in love with the one who entangles me in his desires and wraps me in his warmth as If his arms were serpents 

Who is driven by a force that comes from deep within him

Who loves with passion and takes no caution 

The one who can sense my mood from a mile away

Who teases me like a childish game

But always manages to keep me held close
Unable to escape the grip of his intoxicating love 

I am in love with a man who knows he will never be in love with me

But yet wants to so badly

The man who can give me everything I have ever wanted

But also take everything I have ever had

I am in love with the man who lights up any room he walks into

Who has eyes like rare Jules

And a smile that melts your heart

Though I have made the grave mistake of choosing him

For I have chosen a man who holds so much love 

But whose biggest fear is to give it

So many who desire it

But no true intention to succumb to it

I am in love with the unlovable lover man

Copyright © Caitlyn Page | Year Posted 2022


Book: Shattered Sighs