Averie Richardson

What is love
Other than pain

Pain in mind
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I wish the voices were different
The good from the bad

I wish they were separated
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I thought I deserved better
For many years I did

But before those many years
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You yell into my face
My skeleton face

No skin to be stained by tears
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Tell me what to think
Tell me what to say

Take away my life and then tell me how to live it
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Sunny has this energy
This bright, suffocating energy

It makes me feel warm
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Everyone keeps moving
Keeps going toward that sight
That strange sight that's too bright for me to look at
But they all seem fine
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It's not bright when it's midnight
The night simply doesn't change

But everyone loves that brightness
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Please look at me the way you used to
Stay pressed against my back
Making me feel the same once again
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Sitting as the warm water hits my skin. I feel those places are used to love and hate burn. That sting reminds me that it's real, it lets me know what I'm guilty of.

I want to sell my soul. Sell it to a demon or an angel alike, as long as I gain some worth in the process.
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Plucking my fingernails off one by one
Hearing the pathetic tapping noise as they hit the ground

Tearing my hair out strand by strand
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I hate that seeing him hurt makes me happy.
That not being able to stand himself gives me satisfaction
Go on
Try to be happy
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Parent my inner child you say
But what if she has already grown up?

What if she is dead because of my neglect?
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Sing me a song
A song that will make me cry
I'll cry a million times if it's for you
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Her eyes were those of stars
Her smile, that one hopeful smile

That girl people always seem to pine over
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It caught my eye
The look she gave me

Never faltering
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