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Warped Vinyl
Getting help is hard
when your words get stuck between
the faded lines of truth
and confinement
When awkward silence
envelopes the noise
of onlookers
stopping their cars
before giving up
and moving on
My sanity gets punctured by
hateful comments with shallow breath
as I sink my face
into a pillow
Crowds of strangers brush past
pushing me against
a brick wall
of self-doubt and confusion
I clutch the warped vinyl
staring into colorless reflection
before throwing it off
the roof
of the building
Watching it gracefully fall
warping time
shattering into
a million pieces
Hoping that
by watching something so fragile
break under circumstance
I could decipher my own
warped vinyl
of a struggle
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