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Shadows

dark

dim

gray

haze

this will be my shortest day

shade

shelter

shield

veil

I give up, my bones are frail

becloud

bedim

belittle

me

close your eyes so you don't see

touch

trace

gasp

rest

my final breath will leave this chest

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