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  September 2023     5 months ago

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Love You, Hate Me

You.
Do I know you?
I know I have forsaken my family, my friends, and myself for you.
I remember crying for you.
Lying for you.
And almost dying for you.
You are the reason for my pain.
My shame.
And why you'll never feel the same.
Me....

– by Marcylene Otto

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added 8 months ago
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Never mind

Never mind her tears
They fall too often
Never mind her fears
They never leave her side
Never mind her pleas
Only heard by the dead
Never mind her needs
Only poison will satisfy
Never mind her past
It baits her fears and tears
Never mind...

– by Marcylene A Otto

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added 6 months ago
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Inside Voice

I've allowed the monsters in my memories and dreams to gut me on the inside of these ripping seams.

I can feel their poison racing through my veins as their claws scrape my temples in another fit of rage.

They've shredded my confidence, my...

– by Marcylene Otto

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added 7 months ago
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Scarred Survivor

That sunrise, I tried to hide,
While I heard you yell and bicker.
That morning, you were tense again
So I avoided your insulting anger.

That day, I faked a smile.
Talking back? I did not dare!
That midday, I was gone,
I found an escape...

– by Marcylene Otto

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added 7 months ago
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Always a Martyr

I have tried too hard
To feel important in your world.
I'm now a patched up
Self-made hero
Draping a pathetic stupid girl.
There is humility
In this realization I've found.
Which will help me
Get my tired feet
Back to resting on the...

– by Marcylene Otto

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added 7 months ago
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I love the journey on which this takes my imagination. Every tree I lean against will take me here. Just wonderful!

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I've lived that struggle

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