Poetry
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all the things I never said
Elaine
you say one thing - yet it means another
gaslighting me
into thinking one thing
when I know you've said another
your tricks may work on others, but not me
I must be smarter than you think
and I'm so tired of not being free
these chains are holding me down
all my dreams - just out of reach
these chains you put around
they're tying me down,
making me drown,
I'm falling down
I've gone numb, all the time
sadness, pain sneak in from time to time
they're all gone, all my thoughts
swimming in my sorrow, yet saying I'm fine
imagination that's what saves me,
imagination that's what takes me
out of this world,
out of reality
and helps me escape
no one's going to save me now
this isn't some fairytale
they say family's important
but why are you so toxic
they're all blinded - they're your friends
they'll believe you over a child who's gone crazy in her head
but we'll rebel soon enough,
I can feel it in my bones
I can feel it in my soul
I feel it when you yell
and how will you react
you always say we're rude,
disrespectful, and immature
then you ask me for my opinion
ask me to tell you everything
to lose myself in you
but, how can I say all the things I never said
they hurt, and want to escape
fly free, but held down
because I know they'll hurt you
so I'll keep hurting myself
silently, without you ever knowing
you can't expect me to stay
not when you yell but we have no voice
silence is our best friend, yet enemy
silence hurts yet feels so good
just like my love for you
gaslighting me
into thinking one thing
when I know you've said another
your tricks may work on others, but not me
I must be smarter than you think
and I'm so tired of not being free
these chains are holding me down
all my dreams - just out of reach
these chains you put around
they're tying me down,
making me drown,
I'm falling down
I've gone numb, all the time
sadness, pain sneak in from time to time
they're all gone, all my thoughts
swimming in my sorrow, yet saying I'm fine
imagination that's what saves me,
imagination that's what takes me
out of this world,
out of reality
and helps me escape
no one's going to save me now
this isn't some fairytale
they say family's important
but why are you so toxic
they're all blinded - they're your friends
they'll believe you over a child who's gone crazy in her head
but we'll rebel soon enough,
I can feel it in my bones
I can feel it in my soul
I feel it when you yell
and how will you react
you always say we're rude,
disrespectful, and immature
then you ask me for my opinion
ask me to tell you everything
to lose myself in you
but, how can I say all the things I never said
they hurt, and want to escape
fly free, but held down
because I know they'll hurt you
so I'll keep hurting myself
silently, without you ever knowing
you can't expect me to stay
not when you yell but we have no voice
silence is our best friend, yet enemy
silence hurts yet feels so good
just like my love for you
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