Alfredgremsly's Poems

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On the inside

Just because you can see me,

  doesn't mean I'm not hiding
And just because I'm not screaming,

  doesn't mean I'm not crying
Just because I'm not bleeding,

  doesn't mean I'm not hurting
And just because I'm still breathing,

  doesn't mean...

– by Alfred Gremsly

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Worthless

(READ TOP to BOTTOM and then READ BOTTOM to TOP for a complete different meaning)

I am worthless
So dont try and tell me
I mean something to someone
I am not loved
So dont try and convince me
I will change the world
Unless I am told...

– by Alfred Gremsly

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added 1 year ago
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An Empty Bottle

I need drugs when I'm angry

  Drugs when I'm sad

  Drugs when I'm crying

  over things I never had
I need drugs for anxiety

  Drugs for my dread

  Drugs for the voices

  screaming in my head
I need drugs when I'm working

 ...

– by Alfred Gremsly

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Covered in Sores

-Covered in Sores

I want bandages all over my body

  for all the mental anguish that I fell

  So everyone knows I'm hurting

  and can see the pain is real
I want a cut for every bad memory

  and bleed profusely on the floor

  Until...

– by Alfred Gremsly

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added 1 year ago
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Therapy Sessions

-Therapy Sessions


  As a child,
you cannot control what your parents do.
You cannot walk away from their drugs and mental abuse.
You don't understand a hug is a normal part of life and not just a reaction given at funerals.

  As a child,
...

– by Alfred Gremsly

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Therapy

-Therapy

You're the reason for my anger
and the reason for my pain
You're the reason for the voices

  screaming in my brain
You're the reason I'm so numb
and the reason I don't feel
You're the reason I can't tell

  ...

– by Alfred Gremsly

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added 1 year ago
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