How gripping how bitter
are the ashes we crawl from
as smoldering and smoking
they seek to contain us

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As we strive to be free
and dream constantly
the future we make
may be just what we need

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I am everyone I am no one
All at once In silence
I sense the middle pillar
and Imagine I am beginning

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Not once in our time
Did you seek to inspire
you threw salt on my wounds
and stamped out my fire
pity

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Fragrance disappear
Splendor to the wind
Distance from here to there is counted by the tears
and the smiles and slivers of when

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Insane with ecstasy
Fondled by persistence
Catch the flies in a jar filled with screaming days
and the cries and starving of when

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Sinister pantomimes
overflowing with sadness
Drink the poison by myself as it works its way into
all the cracks and shadows of when

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Animalistic Fear
Dripping from a plain life
symbols mystically working their way into my night
and the pieces and memories of when