Collapsing, my fears confiding in me
A greater danger accosting my existence
I bemoan, my own thoughts are what fervour me
There’s no escape, there’s only hiding
A numb divide between myself and what’s there
Decrepit from my efforts to divert foreordained damnation
Cognizance wreaks havoc
Though shielded it will not repel
And through all, I find myself wasting
Hoping for a new awakening
But wishing I was insensate
Never to feel sentiment again
I can’t endure my own sickness
It’s all too much for me
I writhe in agony on the ground
Such anguish has thwart my sufficiency
In this mind dwells deep contempt and hatred
To its own it cannot be trusted
The darkest hands are reaching into me
Pillaged, my innocence is fleeting
I have been tarnished
The pull of such sorrow bares strength beyond my will
Bounds of fortuity struck down before their time
I won’t fight this
I know I cannot win
There’s no chance of beating what I can’t see
I am transparent
This is not my own being
This is all that I am
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