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Aiden

Every Time...

By Aiden GallagherPublished 7 years ago 1 min read
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every time...

every time I look

every time I look in that god damn mirror I gag

the person staring back at me isn't the person I need to be

the person on the inside

it's like I'm trapped in a cage

trapped inside a shell of a person people see

I'm crouching in the corner terrified of that reflection

horrified that maybe aiden won't ever see the light

maybe he won't

maybe I could push down the urge

push down the want

push down the fact that every time I look in the fuckin mirror I see a women who doesn't belong...

every time I look at her I cringe

I cringe at the thought that maybe she's here to stay

that maybe she won't leave

that maybe the shell will be forever and aiden...

well aiden will just sit there terrified...

slam poetry
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