The Other Me

I have in me
another me
who talks to me
constantly

Her ceaseless patter
drives me mad
She won't even
let me be sad

'You're an idiot'
'Are you nuts'
'You never learn'
'you're all ifs and buts'

Pointing out my flaws
Is what she does best
She goes on and on
never needs a rest

I try not to listen
I close my ears
But she makes me face
all my worst fears

She's cruel
but she's kind
she has my welfare
on her mind

She says bitter things
that hurt me so
Though I don't want to hear
It's what I ought to know

She has the guts
to say what no one will
Her words are like
a bitter pill

She knows me best
How could she not?
She is the other me
And she's all I've got

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