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Reflections

Before I left

I checked myself in the mirror.

Made sure I am wearing my smile 

Bight red on my chapped lips,

Concealing the blood streaks

trapped around the corners.

 

Before I left 

I checked myself in the mirror.

Made sure I am wearing my confidence 

Jet black on my sunken eyes,

Hiding the pain and angiush

lost some where in my daily routine.

 

Before I ...

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Fine

What is fine? 
I mean fine.
When we say we are fine,
how fine can we be? 

What is it I cannot define 
with the word fine?

I am not fine. 
I am filled full empty. 
I am heavy. 

I am hope
less. 

Woe is I who is not fine 
for I cannot define me. 

Only in death will I rise. 

I had to die to realise 
to be reborn 
to come anew. 

I kill the self 
I don’t wish to be. 
I k...

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Change

Change 

 

What a night 

changed my whole perspective 

tiny square piece of paper

dissolves on my tongue 

hours of deep thought 

time filled with colors and laughter 

the world is big 

mean 

unforgiving 

I’m just a kid 

someday I’ll have to wear a suit like my pop 

pay the tax man 

vote 

stand the picket line 

I just wanna get laid 

drink beer 

...

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HOW FED UP

 

HOW FED UP

 

Brave people take control and change their lives.

Stuck in a boring job, just for the money.

Stuck in a loveless marriage, just for the kids.

Stuck with a knackered old car, falling to bits.

It’s up to you to make happiness and change your life.

 

 

 

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