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Who am I?


Who am I, I don’t understand

Am I to be eternally damned?

A car killed my brother, my family is a mess

I can barely move, l could not do less

I am quiet and alone, nobody understands

How could they though, I don’t give them the chance

 

My heart was stolen, my happiness too

Who can I be, after all that I’ve gone through?

 

My friends think I am fine

They think it’s been enough time

 “It’s time to move on, start something new”

Please understand. That’s not what you do.

 

My heart was stolen, my happiness too

Who can I be, after all that I’ve gone through?

 

I am a lifeless shell wandering around

Wishing to be with him, deep in the ground

I don’t know who I am; there has been so much change

When I am happy, I feel so much shame

How dare I laugh! My brother is dead

Is there not a brain in my head?

I should know how to act. I should know how to feel.

I just can’t do it, I can’t seem to heal.

 

My heart was stolen, my happiness too

Who can I be, after all that I’ve gone through?

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