Submissions by AnnaLee

What I do believe...I believe you when you say you love me.
What kind of love? I'm not for certain.
Friendly love? Yes.
Romantic love? I'm not so sure.
Lust? Most definitely.

What I don't believe...when you say you'll always be there for me.
I don't believe that you plan to end your current life.
I don't believe that you plan to start a life with me.
I don't believe that I can trust your word -- regardless of how often you say your word is your bond.
My gut tells me otherwise.
My gut has never lied.
I just never listened before.

Should...

All these mouths, they just keep running.
Like venom in their veins, their words keep flowing.
Their minds so empty, their hearts so hollow.
They know nothing but the lies that they swallow...
    and spit out.
        Say what now?
My show is brand new and it's already sold out?
    That's what I'm talkin' bout.
        Don't stop now.
Let's keep this river flowing.

            I'm almost famous now.

I've got my head held high. My ego, it's soaring.
All this hate, it does nothing but keep my status growing.
Your goal to destroy me...

Sick and tired of the uninspired.

Nowhere to turn without fakes and liars.

Is it a hoax or just desire;

to be in a world free of the fire?

These chains, I have worn them for so long now. Long enough that they have become a part of me. A part of who I am. I have grown comfortable and secure in the tangible darkness that binds me to my past. So much so that the thought of finally having them lifted from atop my rotten bones, of finally being set free, frightens me to my core. I am strong because of the shackles that were thrust upon me, but what will become of the monsters lurking deep inside when my physical burdens are lifted? Will the uncaged beast resurface and derail the innocence that has been reborn? Will the demons that...