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IT WAS A LIE

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IT WAS A LIE

A LIE I TOLD MYSELF TO SHIELD MY WORDS

TO SAVE FACE

TO COVER THEM WITH NICETIES WHEN I HAD

TO ELIMINATE ANGER, DISCONTENT, INDIGNATION

AND MY OWN FRUSTRATION WITH

THE NEED TO PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE

THAT PLACE WITH NO WORDS

WAS KILLING ME DAILY

AND EVENTUALLY

SMOTHERED ME TO DEATH AND

BECAME MY COFFIN

WHEN MY WORDS DIED ON MY

TONGUE

AND MY FACIAL EXPRESSION WAS CALLED INTO

QUESTION

SO AT TIMES

I REMEMBERED TO PUT ON A MASK

HIDE WHAT I FELT

WHILE SHIFTING MY GAZE AND

KEPT MY MOUTH CLOSED SO TO

AVOID

TELLING A LIE

WHEN THE TRUTH WOULD SUFFICE

BUT NEVER TO BE HEARD.

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love_supreme says:

Excellent write.

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