The Name

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I heard that name

That name

That name

I hate that name

It always drowns my heart

You look at me seeing her

The longing in each eye

She is now ashes upon a self

You CANNOT gain her forgiveness

DON'T

DON'T

DON'T LOOK AT ME SADLY

She died forgetting herself

Her mind a maze of pain

How she wished for love

She screamed lonely

Fighting for a love not worth it

Always forgetting the ones before her

They were never enough

She gave her children their middle names

Lynn, for the selfish sister

Ann, for the absent mother

She killed herself

Killed herself with a name

I knew her not

She stayed hidden in her maze

I know this now

I have always known

I just couldn't accept the truth

She gave up before our births

I WILL NEVER GIVE UP

Do you hear me

Do you hear me

Do you hear me, MARCY

I CANNOT SPEAK THAT NAME

It hurts writing it out

Step one in moving forward

MARCY

MARCY

MARCY

MARCY

FUCKING MARCY

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