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Shemené Kok

Shemené Kok

why do i

to her ...

Why do I live?
Live to only perish once.
Live to putrefy within dust.
I live each day in...,
each day out.
My mind focused not on what life’s about.
I live to become nothing but a...,
nothing but a ...
a body without a soul that is dead.
 
Why do I?

(2015)

i thought of this today after hearing of the death of a dear soul i once knew

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