The Hidden Me

There’s someone screaming inside of me.
She’s someone I can’t help but be.
She’s caged in there,
Inside of me.
And it seems that I have lost the key.
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She wants to get out!
She wants to be free!
She wants to stop being hidden in me!
She rattles the bars,
Screams for her way!
And it hurts me more with each passing day!
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It seems that it will never end.
A garden of pain to always attend.
I lie in bed and think it through,
And tears pour down my face, askew.
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My eyes are filled with tears like these.
They cloud my vision,
Make it harder to see.
To see others frown,
Disappointed at me.
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I don’t care anymore,
What I do or say.
I know what’s right,
And to keep bad away.
And this world can’t take any of that away.
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I don’t care at all what others think.
I want to be me!
I want to be free!
Now I’ve knocked down that block,
I feel the key move towards the lock
I feel this movement in my heart,
And I know that I’m off to a brand new start.
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