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Seasonal Depression (opens the original)
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I’m only good when I’m sadI was looking backAt my writingAt the words of my pastAnd I noticed certain thingsThat only confirmed my theoryMy most popular poemsThe ones everyone desiredWere forged in a depressionOf the winter seasonI write when I am happy tooBut no one can relate toThatMy best work is when I am sadSeasonal anxietyMakes a poet out of meI don’t understandWould it be different if I was a man?No.No?Gender has nothing to do with being a traitorThat’s an accusati
We Don’t Want You (opens the original)
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I think its crazy to assumeThat the girl I was would want youDo you think I’ve been waiting?Huh? That I’ve been sittinghere?Let me tell you, my dearI’ll spell it out clearSo you don’t get confused or lost on your way hereThe girl I was, was desperateAnxiety drivenShe could barely functionThe woman I am is strongUntouchable to youUnavailable to youA healing version of the girl you knewI no longer pine for youYearn for your scraps of attentionPut myself in a place to questionAnythingI refuse to ga
I’m Not Into Politics (opens the original)
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“I’m not into politics”But you are in politicsThink about that credit cardThat’s got you this farThink about your bank accountThat no one owns, but yourselfThink about your neighbors nowThe brown ones who you know wellYou probably don’t think about What they are going through right nowSorry that sounds racistAnd race shouldn’t be in politics,But it isSo is your white privilegeOur world is fucked upAnd overwhelmedYour jaw is slackedAnd on the groundWhy?Not expecting the person in powe
The IDK Song (opens the original)
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Every time I writeIt all sounds the sameThe same emotions’Scenarios’Potatoes’I just feel so stagnant, you know?So stuck in this shell I carved out for myselfSo stuck in my ways that I can’t cry for helpPlateauing like its my day jobExcept it doesn’t pay the billsAnd I’m running from my problemsBecause acknowledgement killsAnd I know, I KNOWI shouldn’t do thatBut the problem is that lastBit thereI know, and I don’t careI know but I’ll still flip my fingers in the air, And sa
What It's Like Having Eczema. (opens the original)
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I just want to carve you outLeave myself with a broken shellIt wouldn’t hurt that muchJust trust me!Its a good idea, you know?Take out the brokenSo no more harsh words are spokenIt really wouldn’t be that bad!I think you’re exaggeratingNot understandingThe perplexingFeelingsI am havingIt burnsIt writhes under my skinJust waiting for a mistake that will release its chainThen up to the surface it goesExploding across my organBlooming with angerAnd only suffocating under cold water
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