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Tragedy


A most unbearable and inevitable affliction

A most unpredictable assailant

A most infuriating adversary

 

A maker of the broken hearted

A master of limitless pain

A true face of the Devil

 

Too many tears to count

Ragged breaths in a raw throat

Anger and anguish

God's absence

Emboldened recklessness

Disbelief of a disbeliever

Yearning for a place the pain can never reach you

 

A layer of thickened skin

A layer of stacked brick

A layer of varnish on a flimsy shield

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But a motivator for change

But a reason for appreciation

But a promise for a better tomorrow

 

by: CMBC

 

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