10/3/22 - I shall never know

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i like how i try to pretend
after feeling intense emotion
that i'm fine and nothing happened

i laugh it off
pretend to be happy
i smile outside
but inside i wager my state

it's like set on betting
how far i can go
before i truly break
but i do something stupid

transition from one state to another
it doesn't flow like transverse waves
but who will understand my despair?

but who will understand my despair?

need to catch some fresh air?
i feel i can't breathe?
emotion intoxicated my lungs, it does
blood flow stops, too
none rushing to my head

and that's when i start thinking
if i'm making a bad,
stupid,
unforgivable decision?

no way of knowing
no way of going home to find out
heart and mind meet skin and bone

but still i,
shall never know

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