Speak Me Poem by Kathryn Garner

so if you looked inside my heart
you'll find nothing you dont see everyday
because its mirror fell apart
that envisions a rippled portrait of you
in the way
of what im trying to speak

i need to convey
what my breath tries to speak
but the silence is left better this way
and im still weak
at my knees
or at my words

get your pulse out of my heart beat
let me say the poisen im trying to speak
this poisen, this poisen
everything for a dropp of poisen

take a photo of my poisen and my poise
and let me screach all of my worhtless noise
drink to the year, you've made your choice
and ive wailed so loud i lost my voice

i cant get you out of my mind
so ill rip you out of my heart
so i can hide in a place youll never find
and let my blood vessels fall apart
i look in at myself
i dont like what i see
because in myself
its not really me
its just a reflection of you
your everthing but not me
baby its true
your my everthing but ive got to be
the things ill never be
with you hindering me with you goals
push me under with ripples in my soul

you see the cracks in the mirror there
i didnt break it
i didnt break it
i swear i didnt break it
so let me change it
let me change
all the untrue truth
im not you
i love you
but i have to be me
got have got to be me

you've made me weak at my words
till i broke down to conform to you
till the glass broke down
the mirror broke down
we broke down to one
but its you
its all you
now give me a piece of me
cuz when i look inside i want to see
i need to see
the things i need to speak