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I walked through the streets with caution
Not for the fear of the pandemic but of the curfew
I'd wear my mask to mask my fears
Call me scared but my face mask says otherwise
Who would have thought a single handshake could earn you isolation,
locked up by your modest act of salutation ?
Who would have thought the streets with the busy bees
would be emptied by the words of a man ?
Who would have thought the idle and the busy  
would be sited at their homes ?
Who would have thought the words “stay safe”
would really be a safe word for everyone ?
Who would have thought that Safety
could beat chaos for the order of the day
...

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When I fall in love
Will I rise up back or continue to drown  in your deep blue hazy eyes?
Will she be my other half or one in whom I find my whole .
Will time tell her story intertwined with mine?
Because she is like the beauty of the falling snow crispy witty and joyous to the soul
Her eyes are like the lines of horizon drawing me back into the ocean
Will she be my lawfully wedded wife or a fantasy
Will she be the mother of my children or will I be the other man?
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I'm sealed in the four corners of my mind
This fortress of solitude built with betrayal and hate
Mama once said don't trust people
They'll always bite you in the back
Flood you with poison from their fangs buried deep into your flesh
I think she was right,
I've always seen the world as a pile of dirt
That gets sullied daily by the product of the actions of men

Secluded in my own thoughts, alone with my fears
I trust this castle walls to keep me safe
Safer than anyone can make me feel
But this isn't the truth I speak to myself
No one really cares about me
Even when I'm cloaked by my shadows
Drowning in the darkness
Praying that somehow, I might see the light  
Set it right and move on to another version of myself
But I stopped thinking, i locked myself in the darkness
which was the easiest way out