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~Within Me~


If you really,

want to know me.

Look into the sea,

for that is where I'll be.

 

Behind darkness,

I lie very still.

Afraid of life.

and still very ill.

 

People lying,

finding ways to be.

Until they dive in,

they'll never know what lies within me.

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