Free Me

i do not belong here
this person isn't me
you've got me mixed up
don't you see?
i belong somewhere else
in another mans arms
i belong to the darkness
yet I'm held by light
i see my moments slowly tick by
but you wonder why i cry....
why? !

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What Is Normal

what is normal?
might i ask?
is it a set idea?
can it be changed?
who is normal really?
if normalcy is only an idea
given to us by society.
can't normal be
abnormality?
why must everyone who doesn't fit in
be labeled strange?
why, why why?

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Bad Grades

grounded,
really, really grounded
because of my grades
it's not my fault
the teacher does not......
like me.
that's why I'm sitting alone
all alone at home
without a friend to cry to
because they're at the game
and I'm sitting in shame
with a bag of chips on my lap.

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Falling

Silently falling
Too fast to see
Falling for you
Are you falling for me?
It happened so quickly
It took me by surprise
I knew what I felt
when I looked into your eyes.
Something so different,
Nothing that's new.
You're alone in my thoughts
‘Cause I only think of you.

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I' m Okay

It took me years
to get this way
what you did
doesn't bother me
anymore an
I'm
okay. I thought
for years that
I was unfix-able
broken, but
Really
it was all
in my head.i
fixed my heart
it was
Not
impossible to do.
now I'm living my life
free from pain
see, I am

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Normal

they tell me to blend into the background
to remain inconspicuous.
they tell me to keep my hair
a dull shade of brown.
they keep telling me
(they meaning society)
all theses things
wanting me to stay the same.
but i don't want to be 'normal'
when normal means
being something I'm not.

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One Night

something's creeping
someone's weeping,
should I see
what's going on?

I hear a gnashing
and some crashing
should I turn
and run away?

the night is coming
I feel like running
or is it too
late to run?

It's getting closer.,
my life is over,
it's not as sad
as it should be.

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Blood red rose

I sat on my porch swing
With tears in my eyes
Knowing that this would be
Our last good-bye
No last kiss to soothe the pain,
You left me here all alone
with only this rose to my name.
why'd you have to leave
This blood red rose
Lying outside my door
You could have said good-bye
Without leaving me this sore.
The thorns they prick
The wounds of my heart,
Who knew that
They could be this sharp?

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Vampyres

there are things you don't know about
things that go unseen
things that chill our very soul
things that muffle our screams
there are things that hide behind us
things that feed on flesh
things that try to find you
things that don't need rest........
the night may hide
what need not be seen
forgotten by the sun
only remembered in dreams
lovely killers....
stalkers of the night
children of darkness
fearing the light.

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Broken

i could have been a tiger alive and free
but you where there to capture me
i could have been a snow white dove
and fly to the highest height
but you where there to cut my wings
so that i may not fly.
i could have loved
but you where there
to trap me in your cold dark cellar
where the only thing to keep me company
is my own shadow
i could have been a different girl
but i was to busy piecing my heart back together
from a love gone bad.

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