Hate U Give--The Game of Shadows

You claimed to have my shadows

You claimed to have my sorrows

You claimed to have won the game of shadows

You are the fool

I am not a tool

I am not the fool

Those shadows you have claimed are only part of the game

Those sorrows you have claimed will be your greatest shame

Welcome to the real game

You ran out of life

You tried to destroy me with my own knife 

You failed to destroy my life

You said you no longer desire to play

You no longer had a choice rather or not to stay

It's my turn to play

You said it's not fair 

You'd rather I just cut the hair

You were the first to say life isn't fair

I hid for so long my torture behind a carefully sculpted mask

Sadly the mask was not enough for the task

You forced the demons to steal my mask

You dare think you could of won

My spirit is not done

I have won

You claimed to have my shadows

You claimed to have my sorrows

But you didn't win the game of shadows

I am glad I won but it's a sad day

You pushed a demon into play

I hope I can return to who I was before this day

I've made you pay your hatreds price

Now its time for me to roll the dice

It's now my turn to pay that price

It was your hatred I did dare

But life is not fair 

There is a consequence for every dare

I wish I had not dared at all

That demon's price was rather tall

I have lost it all

I had thought I won

You had been done

In reality there was nothing to be won

A game with forever long shadows 

A game with forever long sorrows 

The game of shadows

A game with no light

A game where no one shines bright

A game must have light

Life is more than shadows

Life is more than just sorrows

Life is more than the game of shadows

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