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False Security

February 20, 2010
By leeeeeeeeeenie GOLD, Southbury, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
"not all those who wander are lost"

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I cannot fight
with weakened fists
I cannot see
with sheltered eyes
I cannot hide like a child
From the corrupt deceit and lies

I cannot choose
with tainted morals
I cannot feel
with a hollow heart
I cannot pretend my imagination
hasn't carried me thus far

I cannot breathe
with these crushed lungs
I cannot hope
with shattered dreams
And I cannot believe
that beyond these blurring battle lines

the lone enemy is me

© Sarah S., Poland Spring, ME

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