Tag Archives: Anxiety

Shadow Puppets

Youth brings with it naivety

Not of a negative kind, but one of purity

And obscurity can hurt the mind at that time

Telling lies becomes addictive

And inflicting that on someone so young is harmful, no matter how far flung

When you can’t see far, shadow puppets become God

All knowing, showing you what to do

Or is it do what I say, not what I do?

I can’t remember, and now you are mad

And now I am scared and now I am sad

I just want to be loved and I just want to be me

I want to be free but I am always scared

Of the one who owns the hands who casts the puppets

Born This Way

Don’t think about rude stuff and kids,

Or stabbing him in his pupil,

And pulling off his own eyelids,

Or anything else as brutal,

Stop brain, I don’t want to shag that,

It’s a worm, or a bird, or cow,

I’m not going to strangle my cat,

So please stop letting me know how,

I didn’t sign off saying ‘cunt’,

I didn’t run over that girl,

Don’t want to show my cock in front,

My weird and creepy cousin Earl,

This is fucking exhausting brain,

Do we have to do this all day?

It is all a bit of a pain,

Oh well, guess I’m just born this way.

I Didn’t Sign Up For This

The sales pitch for growing up

Is a simple formula that’ll make you happy

Work hard, be smart, always smile

And everything will fall into place

Exercise, education equates to elation

But nobody mentions the things that hide round the corner

Nobody reads the fine print of chaos and disorder

What to do if your mind attacks you

What to say if you’re wasting away

You’ve signed up for it now, and life demands payment in full