illusions of belonging
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illusions of belonging

I was told to work hard and get straight A’s to be happySo, I did just that.Spent hours on homeworkDismissed hangouts and gatheringsJust to make my homework look worthyAnd I…
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serenity
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serenity

this healing calmnesslike a gentle morning breezewhen my heart heaves a sighand my body’s at ease like swinging to musicletting it ring in my earsletting it wash away all the…
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the fool
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the fool

“Trust me” they said,And I believed those words.Gave pieces of my heartWhen they needed some love from this world.“Trust me”, they said,And I believed those words.Started grasping for the truth…
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nostalgia
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nostalgia

It is the smell of a home, old and abandonedThe one that housed life, once upon a timeIt is the warmth of an embrace you'd dearly missedThe one you’d hoped…
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a wrecked friendship
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a wrecked friendship

Hand in hand we would always swearit was us until the very end wherever we wereExchanged friendship bracelets and I held onto them tightthey carried our whispered secrets, our memories,…
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the sea of anxiety
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the sea of anxiety

There's a storm above my head,There’s thunder booming.Its loud; too loud,I cover my ears,There’s no rescuing.Nobody seems close,Nobody seems to hear in this uproar.My trivial pleas for help are drowned,As…
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