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Sometimes I look
at thoughts from before
When light came though
my path door

When my dreams didn't
make me wish for
silence, dark quiet
A raven says, "Nevermore"

And I'm on the ground
the cold hard floor
wishing, begging, wanting
for my thoughts from before

All the pain
I had to endure
would be worthwhile
for the thoughts from before
Twice the price
of ill-gotten gain
hurt too many times
to ever hurt again

Ageless, timeless
stuck in a bottle
turn back time
still impossible

Books in piles
outside your door
thrown away once,
again and once more

A life behind you
death ahead
riddled with pain, loss
and bloodshed

Still, you choose
to give up your rights
for his life, his bright
for your ill bought night

It's twice the price
he can't live without
your love on his doorstep
It's an ever present drought

You're drowning in habits
of sacrifice
You give up your life
not once, not twice

It;s a race toward the end
a broken melody
His refusal to my rebuttal
My life only hurt me

My life: the tragedy
"A poem has to rhyme."
said Mrs. Huckle
She looked over my piece
so disdainful
I turned away ashamed
my thoughtlessness to blame
And I lost what made me, me
I lost my creativity

— The End —