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Let's Pretend

January 7, 2015
By justanotherlauren GOLD, Baltimore, Maryland
justanotherlauren GOLD, Baltimore, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
for a star to be born a nebula must collapse. so collapse and crumble because this is not your destruction, it is your birth.


Mirror mirror let reflect

My eyes are painted

My hair is set

But despite the perfection of my face

My precious mind is completely displaced

But let pretend that we're o.k.

That I don't whine

That you don't cry

And that we don't feed them the same line

"Yea I’m fine"

Let’s pretend there are no sins to be paid

That this so called masquerade

Doesn’t make me afraid

Of being alone

Of being disowned

By a greater love

When I accidentally

Crush their dreams for me

By offering them a harsh reality

That I can never achieve

What they want me to be

Perfect

Worth it

I fail

I’m worthless

Let’s pretend I’m not

Suspended in a predicament

That I didn't snap

I’m just bent

Oh and let’s pretend my rebel stage

Is just a faze

But honestly I’m fighting through a maze

Of crazed

And raw emotions

And a struggle of devotion

To what I save

And what's already broken

Because of actions and what was spoken

Causing an uprising of commotions

That burn in my soul

That set the heart to fire

That ignites the desire

That fuels the ambition

That keys the ignition

That starts the redemption

And yet I want to stop

And be good again

But when evil plays your best friend

It’s easier to start than to end

And when you try to mend

All of your broken ties

When your enemies become your closest allies

When your fears come back to life and you realize

To your own surprise

That you cannot be summarized

Through an angels eyes

Welcome to life

But then again we're just pretending


The author's comments:

thoughts after work


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