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Double-Edged Sword

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DSteffi

Published: Feb 23, 2012

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Can't quite remember when
but never do I forget
to lie to myself not
the promise of iron fist.

A surprise? Not really,
how easily others could be read.
A gesture, a habit
windows to secrets.

Odd how different you are
a puzzle simply impossible,
even sharpness cannot penetrate
such mysteries kept hidden.

Name it fate, destiny perhaps
whichever, it doesn't matter
but stagnant is one thing,
your complexity turned mine into insanity.

Once, I understood my madness
now everything is demented to chaos.
Should I thank you maybe
for freeing what I most guarded?

But too much war was fought
my blood alone was drained crimson.
Now tell me, for what cause?
Only this far is my limit drawn.

Slowly, I'll return to reason,
Still, the rage has not ceased.
What is it that made me falter
to which I dig my shallow grave?

This world of fictional reality,
the sanctuary of my lies.
In it I'm found cradled in sleep,
eyes shut dreaming the impossible dream.

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