Category : Poems

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I used to cover myself in a blanket of imagination 
Discover the worlds that I made up in my mind 
I used to draw versions of what I wished to be 
Only to grow up and not know who I am 

I let people pick the masks for me even if it didn't fit 
Because I was afraid of becoming a disappointment to them
I put on a collar and gave strangers the leash 
I'd let them drag me around and neglect me like trash 
Only for someone else to find me and break me even more 
Then I'd wonder why the hell was I unhappy 

When every day I learned to fake my smiles 
I began to believe my lies myself 
That my world was perfect and I was independent 
But often times I'd be on the outside looking in 
Not knowing where I'm going 
Living in my mind where my happiness was real  

I let this world sneak into the cracks of my broken soul 
Turning it dark and taking away who I used to be 
Now I'm just an abandoned body 
Roaming the earth with a chilled heart 
Not caring who I break or who I fool 

I've sunken into the shadows of what I feared 
Became the thing I used to run from 
I broke off my collar and cut off my leash 
Only to offer it to the next naive person 
Passing on the pain others gave me 
As if it would somehow break this spell 
To make me forget the past I drown in 
I wish I could forget