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The Fear of Being Alone

The dark is everything wrong with this world.

It holds all the lies, fears, and rage within.

This is why the dark is a powerful foe.

It's like this home is the new underworld.

There is no will or hope that I will win.

My heart is now covered in painful snow.

 

The world tells me to give up, and I have.

I have found that nothing will last forever.

Through heartake and pai...

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Alone in the world

As I go through the motions of everyday life,

I feel that I am completely alone.

As nights come my fear of the dark grows stronger.

In my own dreams I am haunted by the topic of solitude.

Most nights I end up crying for help,

The help never comes.

 

I am like a forgoten child in a house consumed by fire.

I can hear people close by, but they can't hear my screams.

I yell ...

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My New Found Love

We bounded near a ring burning bright,

windy and cold it was that night.

I fell in love in the blink of an eye,

releasing a flirtatious sigh.

I hope she will stay with me awhile,

because I love how my love smiles.

She has showed me how to love again,

now I have peace within.

 

For all the pain is gone when she is near.

The name I shall soon call here is dear.

After...

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Love Has It's Price

The price of love few can pay,

others rent and the rest throw away.

From my first love till mine now,

I have heard the lies in the quite vows.

"I will love you till the the end". 

All those are lies and will leave with the wind

 

Child, love is a lie and a curse.  

In time all couples grow diverce.

We all go with the reaper when he comes.

Alone, silent, life goes with...

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