Copycat

by Terri Vrana
(Waco, TX)

As I sit night after night
sleep will not come
I can no longer fight
I feel nothing but sweet pain
for me this has never changed
You can no longer hurt me
with unspeakable words
Nor fists or torture
or feelings of shame
I have nothing to give
I care not what you think
I have only existed in
in obscurity and pain
I soak in it like the ground with the rain
I have never known me
And you never can
For I never existed
Just adapted to man
Do not shed a tear
for I will be finally be free
And I can sleep forever.
Just like in my dreams.
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