hide yourself
you're making things up again.
by yourself
you're lying to yourself again.
//
paper cuts on fingertips
you're walking on the fence about the simplest moral questions,
an ethical distraction.
crying at the thought of calling out, or standing tall, because
you can't make a decision,
or handle confrontation by yourself.
you'll run back home before everybody else.
//
beside yourself,
you've never loved a single thing,
you've never said a verbal "no" to anything.
//
paper cuts on fingertips
you're walking on the fence about the simplest moral questions,
an ethical distraction.
crying at the thought of calling out, or standing tall, because
you can't make a decision,
or handle confrontation by yourself.
you'll run back home before everybody else.
//
Speak for yourself.
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