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I took a quarter of a lifetime to create Boundaries with an impenetrable gate That I could fall back to at a later date Who knew I wouldn't have to wait Because as soon as I challenged fate And tried to break this family trait And shift from the pattern of self hate To a more beneficial internal way to associate I was lead to and left in this mental state No trial, no debate Forced with the threat of death to participate And that safe place, it began to deteriorate As the darkness started to manipulate Causing my stronghold to mutate At an astonishing rate 'Till now I just feel like an inmate ©2024
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Jun 19, 2024
Jun 19, 2024 at 1:23 PM UTC
~•§•~ Is No Place Safe? ~•§•~
I took a quarter of a lifetime to create Boundaries with an impenetrable gate That I could fall back to at a later date Who knew I wouldn't have to wait Because as soon as I challenged fate And tried to break this family trait And shift from the pattern of self hate To a more beneficial internal way to associate I was lead to and left in this mental state No trial, no debate Forced with the threat of death to participate And that safe place, it began to deteriorate As the darkness started to manipulate Causing my stronghold to mutate At an astonishing rate 'Till now I just feel like an inmate ©2024
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Jun 19, 2024
Jun 19, 2024 at 1:23 PM UTC
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