Breaking Free

I feel your pain inside,
to me you cannot hide.
Together we hold a burden,
both equal and the same.

We have different faces,
yet our souls bare the same names.
Etched inside our hearts,
is the pain we both share.
You say to leave you be,
but you know i truly care.

You put on a mask,
to block the outside land.
It doesn't have to be this way,
for i can lend a hand.

Together we'll reshape the future,
binding it with no wrongs.
For we alone can break free,

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Release, let go.

You gave me your hand,
you took me away.
Now I look at you,
you've taken my heart away.

I thought I grew stone cold,
you warmed my heart
you brought me near
I thought we'd never be apart.

You pick up just where we left off
you act like its okay
Then you choose to leave me be
You've wrenched my heart free.

There is more than meets the eye
that much you must know
that much of what you give
I keep and let live.

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I bid farewell, to my reflection in the well

Looking for a lease on life,
I turn and turn around.
I thought I was not lost,
but neither am I found.

I thought that I was safe,
within this barrier,
Then I did not realise,
I fell prey to my own fear.

The fear of unpredictability,
the fear of the unknown.
The fear I thought had quelled,
and yet had even grown.

In finding what I thought I wanted,
I lost myself indeed.
Now I need to lose again,
in order to succeed.

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Fuming Hatred

They fuel my anger,
they fuel my hate.
They boil my blood,
my hate is great.

I want to kill,
I want to maim.
I want to feed
the burning flame.

Lord give me strength,
Lord give me hope.
I don't know how,
I'm supposed to cope.

I feel it burn,
I feel it gnaw.
My heart has chilled,
and it won't thaw.

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Perception

I said that I was strong,
but that was just a lie.
Outside I may seem calm,
But inside I do cry.

You just never noticed it,
none of you really did.
This internal conflict
of myself I could not rid.

You think I'm untouchable,
but is that really so?
In fact I'm lower than you think,
it's a yes but you'd say no.

You never got to know me,
for I was too afraid.
Of being so called happy,
and then broken and unmade.

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Through tears, do we see rainbows in the desert.

Like tempered glass that's been shattered inside,
I still maintain my shape.
Heal the wounds between the cracks
and time will feed your heart.

Of pain and memories time retains,
but one day it will be a small friend.
Sad smiles on your face replaced with laughter and tears,
of joy and happiness.

For one day in the future beyond the days of rope,
will one day have you unbound.
Smile, rejoice and be glad.
God will bring you home.

Life and love shall be yours.
Rejoice, believe, trust, love, and be glad.
There is joy,
even in fears.

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Self doubt

Hear that noise behind my head?
It's them talking, they wish me dead.
Their words of scorn seep down and true,
in my shoes what would you do too?

Dig a hole and hide my head?
Or edge off a cliff and dropp like lead?
Pop the pill and fall to sleep?
My mangled body in a heap.

Death is easy, Life's a chore.
But unlike death, it's not a bore.
So suck it up and stick it out,
It's not them, but you that doubts.

Self infliction hurts the most,
but doubt yourself and you are toast.
So stay just that hour longer,
and to life you may actually grow fonder.

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Carry on, carry on, though your burdens you still bear.

When you can sleep and not feel rested,
when your eyes are enough to haunt the dead.
When your memories of mind, heart, soul and flesh can ache,
and when the sounds of the living are beyond what you can take.

Take not your own life into your hands,
for failure will wreck thy heart in two.
Heaven and Hell can each wrestle for a piece,
and it will not have been worth what you could do.

Lift up your tired and weary hands,
and place them on the plane of your soul.
Make this a life worth living one more time,
make this whispered future more than just a goal.

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Locked Mask

I'm a tough nut to crack,
A book that's always bound.
Though tears keep flowing down my cheeks,
from me, hear not a sound.

Hidden from view,
In darkness all alone.
Frozen is the kingdom I built,
my heart now turned to stone.

Bitterness is what you see,
for weakness I would show.
For if I had let you seen
what's hidden beneath the snow.

Bottled and thrown,
into a vast empty sea.
Only the masks hide my tears.
The emptiness that fills me.

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School Hierarchy

Like the harsh wind's howling
on a lonely summer night.
Wolves in sheeps' clothing prowling,
looking for innocent prey.
Hunting and killing,
taking more then they need,
simply out of Jealousy, Spite and Greed.

The innocent looks,
the violet bright eyes,
hiding the wolf in the sheep's 'guise.
Nobody notices until all is too late,
closing the door,
the thing they call fate.

They do not repent,
for they see no harm,
in the things they've done
like a useless cheap charm.

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