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two selves

January 3, 2019
By yellerhead BRONZE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
yellerhead BRONZE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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hello.


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who are you?


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who am i?


i’m here to tell you

to step back in line.

it’s been time enough; you can go say goodbye

i’m afraid that you’ve used up all of your time.


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but it’s me!

not you, this is my home;

i’m doing great here

i thrive on my own!


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ah, i’m here to let you see

why you cannot possibly be the

one moving forward in

time for this girl


onwards and onwards you

keep moving forwards you

lean your head in, you will scar

all your skin

you need to be careful,

think long and be wareful

but you cannot do that so i enter in.


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you don’t know what i can do!

i’ve seen so much more life than you.

you only know how to decay

please don’t take my life away -


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you’ve seen so much more life than me?!

i’ve felt much deeper than you’ll ever be.

i see what others see in you.

you aren’t much more than what you do.


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okay, i get it, i’ve heard enough

but before i go on and i gather my stuff

i will tell you that you better try to be happy

i’ve learned, and that’s all that she could want from me.


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i’ve done my time. i’ve learned enough.

you can go on now; i’m calling your bluff.

maybe next time you’ll learn that it’s not so easy.


your lack of sensibility has brought a birth of me.



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