I lie to myself. . .often
i tell myself like a mantra that it's okay
that's how it is supposed to be
this is good for you
But deep-down underneath those lies is the real me
the honest thoughts i wish to say yet don't
because they'll cause me the grief i suppress
on purpose since i put myself in this exact position
I'm responsible for this pain of what i thought would be good for me but it's not
i'm inadvertently hurting myself with what i believed was going to help
i am my own destruction.
-truth of lies
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Darker Side of Love
PoetryPart two of my second poetry book in the "You" trilogy, from "Love You" comes "Darker Side of Love". Because my poetry books are of a lengthy matter, I've wanted to make a divider since the beginning of writing them but the opportunity never came a...
