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Jumbled Thoughts And Fractured Emotions

idontreallywannabemeanymore

By Kelli Sheckler-AmsdenPublished 8 months ago • Updated 8 months ago • 1 min read
Top Story - February 2026

Listen...

I know that you don't really know me

but we've connected in the dirt, upon his floor

Yeah...

I know that you don't owe me

but I don't really wanna be me anymore

***

Can you help me

break through this crystalis

tear down the strings I'm tangled in

no, I don't think

I can take much more of this

Hiding behind a smile, inside this borrowed skin

***

I need to free my butterfly

letting her fly as far and fast as she can go

It took so long for me to find

and I can't wrap her up inside

another numbing, fucking lie

It's time to cut those ties that bind

letting her beauty freely flow

***

Into the vastness of forever

to that place that's still unknown

Far beyond the promises that sometimes tether

drilling deep into your bones

To rise unveiled and unashamed

finding the beauty deep within

Filled with power, unafraid

finally free to find the me that might have been

****

Can you help me

break through this crystalis

tear down the strings I'm tangled in

cause, I don't think

I can take much more of this

Hiding behind a smile, inside this borrowed skin

I need to breathe and find the me I could have been

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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden

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    Written by Kelli Sheckler-Amsden