Dear Marlene - Owls in the Attic

The weight of every whisper

It seems too much to bear

This war inside my head’s taking it’s toll

But to resist this constant battle

Is to remind myself that I am not alone

This world is now better on my own

Say what you want, you’ll never break me

And we will settle the score and I’ll tell you

Exactly what you never wanted to hear

Take what you want, you’ll never take me

And I’ll send you back to where you came from

I will not live within this fear

The devil that you know

Is better than the one you don’t

I am familiar with every man that I’ve crossed

Little bugs pulling strings through my skull

I cannot stand the sounds of my thoughts

I am afraid of what I know not

I carry the weight of every whisper

That I have heard

Fractured pieces

Snatched by hands and carried upwards

I am so useless

When the choice is not mine to make

All these houses look the same

From the back of this nameless mistake

Manifest your fears

Feed the knife

Say what you want, you’ll never break me

And we will settle the score and I’ll tell you

Exactly what you never wanted to hear

Take what you want, you’ll never take me

And I’ll send you back to where you came from

I will not live within this fear

How can I pull you out

When I am falling in myself

Imploding personalities

Rack up the casualties

Nowhere to turn

Blind in the night

Resist the urge

Give up the fight

You are the scum between my toes

Dear Marlene, I hate your guts

Signed, Marlene