always enough

sure, they expect more from you

even as your heart beats from within your bones

so you raise your head, piece together a smile

enough of this pretending

voices drift in and out

taunting as they feed you

lives you've never lived

seen out of eyes you've

never seen, a twisted

reality you'll never know

that's not who you are

they want you to be more

like them

and less

like you

do you feed them back their lies

do you summon the monster within

do you break into pieces or do you break free

there's a million lives lived

why do you need mine to conform with the stories

ancient history isn't meant to be repeated

you are here, you are real

their stories can't change the truths in your own

you suck in a breath, sigh out a song

it doesn't matter what they want

it doesn't change the fact: you are enough