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 death...

again you came and left me behind

you tease me with your comings and goings

with your constant visits in my life

taking those who mean the most to me

and leaving me behind

people forget

when you've opened 

and bared your empty and dying soul

your constant need for respite

from a world that has become

as apathetic as the stars 

they forget your struggles

to face the sun each morn

or find sustenance in the 

laughter of children

for your heart is no longer whole

scattered into a million pieces

with no one but a shadow

a figment of your imagination

to heed your call