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Freak Show

Step right up to see this freak
Step inside its mind 
Step right up to this freak
Come hop on for a ride

I got some issues I ain’t dealt with
I got some things I haven’t done
I got some people I ain’t talked with
I got some traumas come undone

I got monsters in my closet
I got monsters in my head
I got monsters I can’t forget 
I got monsters under my bed

I got devils that I dance...

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dealing with traumaextended metaphorFreak Showsself loathing

Nothing

I can remember the day
That I saw a picture of you
And didn't react at all

No rage
No sneers
No tears
Nothing.

I've never been happier to feel nothing

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dealing with traumahealingpoetry

Fight, Flight, Or

The word and I cannot coexist
I try to say it
I try to say it when it's late and i'm alone
When the only person who can hear me
Is me
But
It sticks in my throat
Turns my mouth to ash
Chokes me until tears stream
And the word is lost in my brain

So
I try to think it
I try to think it when the words fail
When I think that maybe if I can recignize it
Then it can't hurt me
Therapy...
...

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catharsisdealing with traumaPoetrysad

The Tide Will Come Out Of Your Mouth

SMASH!

Every time the glass of your skull

Crashes into the fist of another memory

To crush you where you stand

Because another memory has broken you

Because another memory has entered you

Like intruders, they force their way inside

They punch their way into your attention

They invade your heart

Until you must look at them

All so that they can violate you again

They...

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