Adam's journal
12/5/2059
8:15 p.m.
I learned to play the game
I learned to act as if nothing
Would ever change.
I learned to pretend I was okay.
I learned to walk the line
I learned to act as if I'd never lose
My balance.
I learned to pretend I was fine.
I learned to tell the lies
I learned to act as if the truth
Was more harmful to expose.
I learned to pretend I didn't want to die.
I learned to not get burned
I learned to act as if people could not
Reach me with their words and thoughts.
I learned to pretend I could never be hurt.
I learned not to let anyone in
I learned to act as though my heart
Was sealed, not broken.
I learned to pretend I was my only friend.
I learned that people leave
I learned to act as though I felt
No strings attached.
I learned to pretend they meant nothing to me.
I learned to drown out the world
I learned to act as if the only voice
Was my own.
I learned to pretend I was deaf and alone.
I learned to alter my dreams
I learned to act as if
It was coincidence.
I learned to pretend fiction was reality.
Because
I learned.
I learned to play the game
I learned to act as if nothing
Would ever change.
I learned to pretend I was okay.
YOU ARE READING
Permanent Scars
Science FictionPermanent Scars is a story about two messed up kids trying to heal each other, but instead things only seem to get worse. This story's events are also no longer canon, at least not entirely, so read at your own risk! :P
