I find no release. I die. I die, Yet I’m not free. Not 'til I die.

Courage was not letting your broth… But preferring to die From their snide remarks Which shadow prejudice’s unkind da… What happened when they grew up?

Without you, I feel the pain. The rain seems cold now. Thunder is only evil, And the sky is bare and pale.

She looked like innocence And felt like sin And died like grace And fell like a bird And fell like a bird

You’re horrible, And I hate you. But this is me. I’m the only person That I can’t escape.

Last year seems years away. Last night seems lifetimes away. This moment seems like a dream.

She fell like rain, Like a bird, Like a comet chasing light, Like a star dropping from the nigh… Like a stone in water,

He helps her with her blush. She’s surging red, Velvet and soft like a rose. Her mouth’s gone dry With his wind.

You don’t ask me to speak. You never expect my opinion. I was your second child In a runaway marriage. I suppose I loved you once,

Shambles: They hold my life together. I’m shredded into slices, Trying to hold it whole, And I wonder if anyone

Dignity is death.

But I’m still a kid Only don’t tell my dad that. He’ll say, no, you’re not a kid And you haven’t been a kid in a lo… I guess that when I cry,

Not as ardent as before. I’m tired. Slowing down, A tail growing heavier and longer With each day.

Splattered you All over my body And flecks of skin Inside every crevice. I can’t get rid of you

My mom hates her life, And I’m too much to juggle, And my dad doesn’t support my mom, And my brother’s never home, And my medicine doesn’t work,