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I'm Just Kidding


I'm just kidding

 

Just three words, but they have the force of a tsunami

Flooding the land

Sweeping over cities

Wiping out everything in its path

 

Just three words, but they have the strength of titanium

Crushing your body

Blocking your view of the rest of the world

Building the bars of your prison

 

Just three words, but they have the pain of a hundred knives

Slicing your arms and legs

Cutting into your skin

Stabbing you in the heart

 

I'm just kidding

 

Three words, but they're loaded like a gun

with sarcasm

humor

Excuses

 

Shots ringing

Screams echoing

Wounds bleeding

 

I'm just kidding

is NOT a synonym of 

I'm sorry

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