My Mind

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My mind is full of things I wish I could say,
Small words on the tip top of my tongue,
So many that I could write an essay,
Words that have been there since I was young.

Since I was old enough to think in my head,
My mind had been so full of things,
Things that choked me till I wanted to be dead,
It was almost like they were being pulled back by strings.

Tiny strings that were invisible to me,
That made me feel like a fool,
I want to be free,
I would yell and try to break the rule,
But no matter what I said,
Or did,
I was still only a voice inside my own head.

-Jack Q, written 2023

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