Not mine anymore by Avalon | One Poem Only

One Poem Only · Apr 6, 2026 · 1m

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Not mine anymore

Avalon

If my words are my own

They are all that I have

Except... that’s not quite right

If my words are my own

They abandon me when I most need it

And, that never feels right

My words are my own

And they blink in and out

A lighthouse on the shore

While I’m drowning

My words are my own

And others desperately pry them out of me

A clam with a pearl

A person blinded by the reward

My words are my own

They yearn to hear it

My words are my own

My words are my-

My…