No More Pretend

a poem

thunder clouds around the world

chaos clashing for one girl



the girl who lies and lays in wait

the girl who earns each bit of hate



she wrote a story in her mind

let it consume her line by line



long last the truth so plain and clean

right through the hurt it must be seen



shattered, putrid, rotting mess

walks along within her flesh



blind to witness parts of her

she concealed from the world



truth here now, clarity

blistered prayers it shan't be



things deep down she knows are true

but can't accept because she's blue



bare now, crippled, on the mend

at least I hope—no more pretend

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