Payyton Egerstaffer Poems

I broke down in tears
When I told you my fears
You patted my back
Then left me to pick up the slack
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Hide the sad smile
Show the world a lie
It’s you that he wants
When questioned, denied
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&& it’s just *another*
H e a r t break
<> into the
*emergency*
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She paints her nails black
her mascara blends in
when she wipes away her tears
She tries to be strong and hide her fears
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Scarred for life, but you can't see
What that 'man' has done to me
So clever, but not academically
The weaker ones, he does bully.
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What you see and what you know
Is not the truth, just what I show
A gentle voice, a caring ear
A confidant to share your fears
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So there was a boy
he had her heart
he stole it once
and then tore it apart
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I look into the mirror
but all I see
looking back at me
it sadness
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She was given the world
So much that she couldn't see
And she needed someone
To show her who she could be
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Her anguished cry was so loud but not heard
She wished she was as free as a bird
It hurt, it hurt really bad
Yet for some reason she knew she shouldn’t be sad
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