Let them be Lawliet
A glorified cop
A genius who can’t sit up
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I’d rather be Beyond Birthday
A murderer who just wanted to help
A child grown up too fast
A man with a serious identity crisis

To have solved the mystery
To be caught between good and evil
Jam between two pieces of white bread

I would rather be a hidden romantic
Cut off from the rest of the world
Accused of being a FREAK

Than be loved by all
A rose in a tangle of nettles
Beautiful and admired and
Controlled

I’d rather be buried six feet deep
On my own terms
Than to be
Murdered by the love that smothers my genius