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Painful

January 21, 2014
By JayLaces SILVER, Lovely, Kentucky
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Favorite Quote:
"I don't want to remain inside the the same grid and always live after the same pattern. In that case, my soul would wither." -Jack Strify

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Cut me open,
let me bleed,
let me hurt,
cause the pain that I deserve.
Break my bones,
make me cold.
These scars I'll keep
as I grow old.
Beat me up,
make me bruise.
I have nothing left to lose.
Give me this,
my final breath,
Then I'll sink down slowly
into death.

© Kyle W. Pompton Plains, NJ

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