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"Shadows"


My mind scrambled to find,

Another set of lies.

Ones to catch the others,

By surprise.

 

To form another barrier,

To keep them from spilling out.

From poisoning my life,

And all those around.

 

I lost control,

of every thought of mine.

After that time,

my  mind had died.

 

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