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Relapse


Relapse.
Nights are scary. I cry.
Insomnia, headaches.
I just want to
FLY
       away, but it’s so hard.
so hard.

My feet are leaden, my
spirit sunk.
Stressed, scared, stretched too thin,
I feel myself slipping
a
  w
      a
          y.

Who will save me?
Certainly not me.
I cause more
HARM
            than good.

When left to myself, I
Wither.

I am afraid.
I am afraid
of a relapse.

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