I smile

ten thousand bullets headed your way 

what do you do?

run and have hope you'll make it out alive?

or just stand there and wait for the outcome?

 

the first couple of hits might hurt like hell 

but the last will ease the pain

would you scream and yell?

or shed tears until you're fully drained

 

everything is numb

for that I have no feeling

no sad

no happy

 

the mask that I wear

and the marks on my wrists

are there to give me hope

for that one day 

I will feel again

 

emotionally, I'm drained

mentally, I feel insane

spiritually, I'm gone

yet physically, I smile

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