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Marnie Lawson

Marnie Lawson

Unnamed

Held up on a pedestal
While I’m on tenterhooks
Trying to figure out myself
What is worth a look
Running around in circles
An everlasting fight
Overbearing silence
An unforsaken sight

(2015)

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Your body plays host to a parasite While your mind is lost in the pas… I can hear you now in my memories But how long are they going to las… And how is it that you can be
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Fuck politeness; it isn’t for me It’s for the benefit of the patria… I am not blind I clearly see That this world is still full of g…
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I am a thousand pieces of broken g… Some parts have worn away over tim… Some parts are missing entirely I will never be a beautiful mosaic Submerged by the waves of emotion
Clutching at straws

My mind is barricaded with parasitic thoughts; It keeps me awake. As I suffer in the silence of the night
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I weep for humanity Are we not but strangers to oursel… This chaos, insanity Into despair we delve We’re selfish and heartless
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There’s too much time And I get lost in the darkest cor… Entangled in a web of hatred. There’s too much silence and my in… Just one more time... knowing full…
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When I think of you my cheeks embrace a warm smile; mi… of tremorous thought. You’re an abundance of divinity, and everything I once sought.
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You are hurting my heart although, it’s not yours to break The feelings that I’m having are so surreal, are they fake? I have invested my emotions
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November Night

Sometimes I feel like it’s hard t… I’m struggling to just stay afloat As I gasp for air, the ocean drag… into the pits of despair Heart so heavy, it weighs me down
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Time

Discontent and sorrow Never see tomorrow Time is all we borrow When your words are hollow
Don’t

Don’t love me out of convenience Don’t love me withheld Don’t love me without conviction Don’t love me if you can’t love yo… Don’t tell me I’m too emotional
All dogs go to Heaven

I’ll never forget your loving face Your bounding leaps and true ungra… The fluffiness behind your ears I can’t believe it’s been a year The way that you’d sit on our laps
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7.5 billion people in the world yet I felt so alone My only love is leaving me and I’m 90 miles from home I thought I was the only one hurt…
replaced

I hate it how she took my place, sitting next to you. I’m no longer the smile upon your… after all that we’ve been through. It’s been so long yet it still hur…
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Thinking

I’m at the end of my tether Hanging by a thread Will I suffer in silence Or wind up dead? Seconds from snapping



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