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I am living in a lie
Nothing I need to shy
Pieces together I tie
Pretending I don’t cry
Nothing seems to have meaning
Everything in life needs mending.

Present in such a crowd
Still, I feel so lonely
Noises are too loud
Eyes watching me keenly
Feeling the need to kill
Anyone who says how I grew
I don’t need someone until
They’ve seen what I’ve been through.

Jealous of my luxury
Envy my smile
The pain I bury
Has been going on a while
One day I’ll own a throne that I'll kiss
And that is my promise.

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    Neville Hunt almost 3 years ago

    I really like the alternate (mostly) rhymes. But I particularly love your penultimate rhyme-in-a-line own a throne. As for the emotions within, I hope it’s not autobiographical🤞. Great stuff, Verity.

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    VerityAlways almost 3 years ago

    Thanks for your time on reading this. The last verse is my favourite too!

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    Christopher almost 3 years ago

    Very nice.

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    VerityAlways almost 3 years ago

    Thanks a bunch Christopher, I've just started to dabble in poetry!

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