No tears in years

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I don't think I've shed a tear

in what soon is to be a year

I haven't been truly sad

although things have been absolutely mad

A war between love and hate

impulses or fate

Breakups in plural

living isolated and rural

Eating disorders

mental and emotional borders

Weekly visits in the psychiatry

counting every calorie

Finding a safe space

building this new place

Tearing it all down

going drunk into town

Living my messy life

being nobody's wannabe wife

Desperate for attention

loving this tension

Bruises and marks

not-so-secret photos in the dark

Short stories and poetry

people have noticed me

But don't you worry

I'm not in a hurry

'Cause I know what's going on

the rest is just artistic freedom

This shit needs to rhyme

I suppose that's no crime?

So even though life is rough

it seems to me I'm pretty tough

Or so I like to think

maybe I'd just need a drink

For my thoughts to show

and my tears to flow

Either way, I haven't cried over you

and I hope you didn't too

28/3-2020

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