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Abuse


Your walls constructed of lies are caving in
I feel claustrophobic 
I’m gasping for air 
Fighting to live
Clinging onto pieces of myself I thought could never leave me 
But your poisoned words have entwined to form a rope
One that is strangling me 
That is killing me slowly 
That is throwing away my will to live 
Tell me, how am I to smile?
When you’ve reduced the purpose of my life to constantly battle with you 
I cannot be at war with you 
This isn’t love
 
 
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