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The Illusionist
Who can change the future?
Who could erase the chalkboard?
Who could even dare to defy the past?
I may act strong,
However on the inside,
I am but the weakest of wimps.
There are my walls also,
A mighty fortress they seem-
Instead merely a paper model.
I could drone on about how
I'm just another depressed teenager.
But there isn't a single soul who would believe me.
Because that's what I do.
I put on a mask and wear it.
Until I realize it could never last.
All the lies.
All the secrets.
All the charades.
That's when I begin again,
Erasing all of my old friends.
Erase even the hint of a memory.
But who am I kidding?
After years of doing this,
It keeps getting harder to begin again.
After doing this for so long,
I keep wondering,
Who I even am?

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