Decay

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Overwhelming emotions take hold

These never-ending days – nights

Suffocating the core of existence

Trapped by the hands of insanity

Silenced tears befall the soul

Gazing into the imagery of decay

Beyond the power to control

Following the path of empathy

Drained be all the serenity within

Numb, a hallow shell one becomes

Finding the strength here – there

Even as the fates, conspire endlessly

The ultimate challenge unto oneself

Grasping onto hope of better days

Captured in the arms of the beloved

Stripping away all the sorrow within

Now deeply rooted inside the heart

As the infernal merry-go-round

Spins and spins, spiraling down

Upon trial and tribulations of life

At the hands of mercy – forgiveness

The mother now becomes the child

Robotic movements – a mere puppet

Ruled by the twisted call of destiny

Patience, the key to endurance

Even in the retreat of silence

Be there no provisos to define

The horror engraved in mind

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