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endless anxiety


i may look calm but I'm everywhere

I'm everywhere and anywhere

my mind is racing

body aching

on the outside i am faking

faking calm and happiness 

to cover up my sinfulness

my walls are thick

fences high

they stretch and grow to touch the sky

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