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Dying without being dead

October 19, 2013
By Anonymous

I am sleeping, but I do not dream.
I am watching but I do not see.
I am hearing but I do not listen.
I am eating but I do not taste.
I am dying but I do not bleed.
I am dead but I can breathe.
I am dead inside.

© Anonymous

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FinnWinterfall GOLD said...
on Oct. 25 2013 at 3:39 pm
FinnWinterfall GOLD, Rochester, Massachusetts
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&quot;There, there.&quot;

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This poem makes perfect sense.  Keep up the good work :)