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I was content
I was okay
I was fine with
Living this way
*
Mornings were bearable
Even after a nightmare
I'd get dressed and go greet
A family that didn't care
*
Though every time, just for a moment
When I'm sitting at the breakfast table
My eye would catch dying flowers
In a vase that seemed perfectly stable
*
There was plenty of water
And sunlight filtered through
But the flowers would always die
There was nothing you could do
*
School was alright enough
I'd go to class and have lunch
I was surrounded by people
Even if they didn't notice me much
*
Though every time, just for a moment
When I'm sitting at the window in class
My eye would catch a nest of birds
Who all seemed so caged past the glass
*
There was plenty of places to go
Nothing in their way but air
But the birds would live and die here
Were they too ignorant to even care?
*
Home was mostly tolerable
I'd stay in my room all night
I'd live life through the stories I read
And think things were alright
*
Though every time, just for a moment
When I'm quietly sitting in bed
My eye would catch a face in the window
That reflection sure looked dead
*
I was alive and perfectly well
My body was healthy enough
Then why did I always feel like
Breathing was getting tough?
*
I was content
I was okay
I was fine with
Pretending every day
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