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I am 1,000 pounds, weighed down by memories, by crushing defeat, by failure, by loss, by regret... yet I am weightless, empty, a trophy in a dusty case, my varnish dim, no longer new, no longer shiny, I struggle to stay afloat, but I am still swimming, because I see the lighthouse, tall and shining. a gleam of light beckoning from it's highest point, come to me swim to me I am the way out and so I tread.
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Aug 30, 2014
Aug 30, 2014 at 11:12 PM UTC
Lighthouse
I am 1,000 pounds, weighed down by memories, by crushing defeat, by failure, by loss, by regret... yet I am weightless, empty, a trophy in a dusty case, my varnish dim, no longer new, no longer shiny, I struggle to stay afloat, but I am still swimming, because I see the lighthouse, tall and shining. a gleam of light beckoning from it's highest point, come to me swim to me I am the way out and so I tread.
JEB
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Aug 30, 2014
Aug 30, 2014 at 11:12 PM UTC
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