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the brick wall
I followed life
Its twists and turns
Just going with the current
Hoping to just skate by
I think that life didn't like that
So the brick wall was put up after a fast bend
Needless to say I hit it
Broken beaten and bloodied by it
I looked up and saw you there at the edge
Crawling slowly I reached out and tried to stop you from that next step
I was too broken too beaten too weak
I couldn't help you
I just watched trying to yell out
But the wall crushed my throat
I couldn't speak
I could barely see
I could barely breathe
Blood ran like the tears that wanted to flow
They kept running
Until moving was impossible
I didn't care about my outcome
I just looked at yours
Leaving my guard open
I got stabbed in the back unknowingly
It wasn't the wall alone
But a alliance to kill me
My weakness was exposed
I just looked forward hoping and trying to help another
The blow was swift
Silent
Almost like it already happened so long ago
Like a scar opening again even though it healed
Looking back this did happen before
But I survived the first blow
I was young
Able to bounce back from a shot
But I never fully recovered
I became weaker as time came and went
The scar became a tracer for the next person to try and kill me when I showed that weakness
But the weakness was new and the opening wide
Inexperienced to covering that up I remained blissfully unaware
Until it was too late and the person stopped me from trying to help anyone
Its mission in life was to make sure I faded into the darkness
Eternally, blissfully, quietly, quickly
Like a lightning bolt they came and went
But there was no light
There was no sound
It just happened
I started to get blinded
There was too much blood
I just tried to move to that brick wall
On that brick wall I wrote my final message
It was simple
It was messy
My writings always been messy so it shouldn't be that bad
After writing it I fell into that river of life
Silently I left with the current accepting of my fate
I knew that if I failed
At least someone would see it at that same point
And maybe it could change their minds
It may have been written in blood but it was stained in the wall forever
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