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Lorraine
I watched her wither away, / Her feet swollen and her hair a cloud. / Her skin draping around her fragile body like a shawl.
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Perhaps Hugo Had it Right..
There is a deafening inarticulateness here; / Among the Living- / Though I always anticipated the Dead would prevail.
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Darkness
Hello Darkness, / We meet again. / Dwelling inside of me, licking at my nerves.
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My Temple.
My arms are a tigers tail. / My body is a temple, or was. / **Should be.**
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Thriving...
They say life goes on / Yet for me, life holds still / Creating a void in which I am lost
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Justice: A Question.
Justice is Blind- / *Is it not?* / For in Our World, it is an eye for an eye.
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Stories to Tell.
Maybe we all have a story to tell. / Of a ruined love affair. / The powder on your Dad's hands.
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It Is Better...
Self destruction is taught / From age 9 / Father leaves home, holding yet another suitcase
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Through Me...
Through my eyes I see the world / I see its heartache and its impending failure / All things that once were are no longer
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But Where Is "He" Now?
I beg of you to lift me- / High above the barricades. / To where your betrothal is not prematurely aborted, but blossoms.
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