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Unhealthy


I’m not healthy 

Living amongst you

So stealthily

You don’t know me

 

Been through some shit

Lost the key

Locked out of my own mind

But I’m fine

Still showing you I’m kind

 

So totally fine

Not lying

Fuck it

Little white lie

Skittle size lie

 

Little bit, she cried

Tongue still tied

Writing these rhymes

Reading those lines

Unable to speak most times

 

I feel kinda unwell

Already, the king

he fell

Every day, lifting that dumbbell

Crawling outta my shell

What’s the difference between me and you

Can’t tell

 

Telling me you can’t relate

To the state 

Of my mind

Got half a brain

Tryna find

Myself

But that’s hard

 

Blinding light

Can’t see right

Cannibals take a bite

Every night

Great now I gotta fight

 

Uh oh where’s my guard

Uh oh put it down

Uh oh taking hits from a clown

Uh oh wait

Is that a frown?

 

So dehydrated 

His tears, they’re brown

Barely sliding down

His cheeks

Every night

He shrieks 

He tries to get rid of the freaks

in his head

He’s gonna fill it with fucking lead

He’s nearly fucking dead

 

Still filled with dread

Please lay him down in his bed

 

No?

How about instead…

No?

But what if…

No?

 

I’m so tired

Could we maybe just…

Oh… 

 
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Debi Lyn
<p>I hope there is a way to &quot;follow&quot; an author on here. I&#39;m sorry you are feeling such pain. I highly doubt we are the only ones. It loosens the latch ever so slightly to WRITE IT DOWN, to get it OUT of our heads........ doesn&#39;t seem to make it go away though. :(</p>

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