ALL THE LIES

I've heard lies about myself
All my life
Half of my life
I've heard untrue things even in my dreams

I've lived a lie
All my life
Half of my life
Internalizing the confusion they fed me

I've drowned in lies
All my life
Half of my life
Struggling to keep up with who I'm not

I've heard lies like broken records
All my life, half of my life
Living the lies like it were my truth

But I'll live anew
Mapping my life
The other half of my life
The way I want

Damning the lies
All of the lies

maryA