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Ignorance is Not Bliss

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It kills me softly,

NO. It kills me with no mercy,

What did I expect to happen?

It is not like there could ever be a happy ending,

But it isn’t over,

My foolish self will still hang and suffer,

I weigh the reward greater than the risk,

Ignoring the fact that the risk kills me before I can get the reward,

There will be no happy ending,

Life is not a fairytale,

I just wish I had the power to stop myself before I got this far.

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◄ Prisoner of the Mind

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