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You and Little Ol' Me


Afraid of living

But terrified of dying

I claw at my throat

Desperate to release

Words trapped inside

But all that is left

Are bloody gashes

And ruined pride

 

Soundless screams

And hoarse whispers

Dictate my ways of

Communication

But no one cares enough

To listen to

Little ol’ me

 

Little ol’ me has

Nothing to give

And Little ol’ me

Has no reason to live

But Little ol’ me

Keeps trying to win

A hopeless game

That's been rigged

 

You make me feel

Insane in the

Best possible way

You see the plain

Little ol’ me

And turn my

Faults

Into beauty

 

You take the

Worst in me

And make it

The best in you

You refuse to see

Me how I see myself

I find it hard to see

Myself the way you do

 

You take poor

Little ol’ me

And make me

Yours.

You take

Little ol’ me

And make me

Extraordinary

 
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