on the inside

I had a dream but it was nothing like Martin’s


I dreamt that I was in a box a box of darkness


no one on the outside could hear me


no one on the outside could see me


no one on the outside could feel my pain


but it didn’t stop me from screaming their names


I saw a crack in the box


time to escape


but no it was covered in tape


but I could see light something I haven’t seen in days


I could see folk smiling my way


greeting and conversing this away as if… it was me…


was it me?


is someone impersonating my charm and wit?


it couldn’t be.


no one could be that sick.


to hid my pain and lock me away


In box


but in the mirror this impersonator looked


and I saw it too


it was me.


I have been hiding myself in a box


I have locked away my pain


IN A Box

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