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Dystopia


It was confusing at first but easy to understand, too repungant to allow into the mind
It would come and go at the hardest times, tempting, his body denies but the mind had a mind of its own
Drifting away with no mast, no direction
following the light, blinded, oblivious to the storm striking his ship, the rain drenching his shoulders heavy
He would wake up, only to sleep again
The darkness like a canvas to run freely and paint his world, 
a utopia
 
 
Was he at fault? Who could say? The world spoke and he followed
Happiness but despair 
There were two sides to the coin, only one to him
Was he at fault? Who could say? The bread was half-baked, but he still devoured it
Desperately trying to cherish every flavor within
His world was timeless but not void of time
The waters flowed up 
and up 
and up
carrying him outside upon the bedsheets 
as he realized
that world 
was not 
mine 
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