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Wraith; Child Abuse


 

Live by memory 

 

Wander and haunt within

 

As a ghost you kill

 

As a man, you impress. 

 

Snow couldn’t purify you

 

God doesn’t want his hands dirty

 

For I do not guide to the gate

 

Instead, my feet decrease in altitude

 

I live by memory

 

A memory of the disgraced

 

Should you remember

 

The wraith you beheld was a kid.

 
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