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Happy Birthday

The Gift of Having a Voice Again

By Bridge TheoryPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read
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Happy?

– you hurt me, eye for — I

I guess we were both just

kids searching for answers

In this mess

it's kind of messed up right?!

Certainly,

Kissing cousins expressed with such certainty as if it weren’t for—

For being children caught up in seeking what was being hidden—

I hate idioms

I guess I get confused in trying to mimic the subtle differences between the reality being blended

And I feel like an idiot

I think what I’m really trying to say is not knowing the difference had me rearranging the alphabet just to play your bf

I guess— I forgot to cross my T’s

And capitalize on I

So when the narrative became all yours I could still recognize me—

Holding tight to my I.D. With every IOta of strength

Even though it isn’t much

If I let go I’d bleed until I was left M-T

But,

It’s your day so I don’t want to take any thing from you—

As you’ve done to me—

Innocent until proving guilt

My enemy couldn’t move a hilt to cut quite as deep

What you did was surgery

Cut my tongue out and burn it,

If I lie

It would sound like—

Happy birthday, I hope you have a day as special as you are

I always enjoy the time we spend together

The games you urge me to join in

The Pain, You hurt me, enjoying

The fact that I can’t speak on it

How evil it sounds to say “she’s lying” in response to her saying

“It’s something he wanted”

Only to know no one’s believing me

Believe me— I’ve seen it

First DraftProsechildrens poetryGratitudesurreal poetryOdeinspirationalexcerptsFilthyFree VerseFriendshipartBlackoutMental HealthFamilyfact or fictionheartbreak

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