There’s a version of me… That never changed… Still here… Still speaking… There’s a version that never changed Still locked in place / still in my name It takes my voice when I’m alone Speaks my thoughts like they’re its own It never sleeps / it never breaks It lives inside the words I say Every line I thought I shed Still comes back / inside my head I never stopped it I let it stay It learned my shape Then stayed that way Still in me / still the same Takes my voice / wears my name Never gone / never changed I fed it once / it learned to stay I feel it surface when I pause Between the breaths / between the thoughts It fills the space / it takes control A second self that takes the throne Not a memory / not quite me But close enough to never leave It glares at me / behind the glass Its outline grows / but never cracks It doesn’t argue It just remains It answers softly To my name Which is me / what remained It speaks thoughts I haven't named Never gone / never changed I fed it once / it learned to stay Not a ghost… Not a past… Just a state… That still lasts… Still active… Still aware… Still running… Inside there… I didn’t lose it… I kept it alive… A second self… That survived… NEVER STILL NEVER GONE ALWAYS RETURNS WHEN I'M WITHDRAWN NEVER WRONG NEVER TRUE NEVERMORE THE ONE I KNEW Still in me / not the same Wears my face / takes my name Never gone / always stays I fed it once / it learned to stay Still there… Not truth… Just me… nevermore… …myself
