The dirty sunlight poured into our brown eyes
The vapid angle flew into the night sky
The impure knowledge wrecked our sense of time
The chaste woman guided us to the enlightened side
This isn't how it's supposed to be
But it's our lives...
I woke up today, but I never got up
I worked, but I never thought
I talked, but I never communicated
I ate, but I never tasted
I looked, but I never watched
And now, I pay the price:
The day I lost to sloth...
Weight on my shoulders
A push from behind
An ache in my back
A stich in my side
Repressing, forbading
You no longer talk
You're work here is done
In my mind is a rock
The rock that will stop me
Again and again
Until I break free
Good thing my friend's a surgeon...
Damaged goods
Imperfect ways
Obediently aimless
Hopelessly restrained
Waiting to burst out
Writing it all out
Talking for a change
And what a change
Acceptingly apathetic
Unbreakably calm
What are you doing?
You're living it wrong
The past is the past
The present is now
Open...
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Toilets
Like many European countries, th...
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April wants to move the family to Paris, a cit...
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