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Icarus

Icarus

To have kept you

To have kept you
Would have
cost me
Nothing
To have lost you
Cost me
The world
I had envisioned
 
Only held you
For a moment
The greatest
I have known
Your touch
Melted my cynicism
Now I’m unsure
What I have left

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The prodigal's dilemma

Too long trapped Hopeless and caged Owned and enraged I saw a way out Extinguished my apathy
The catalyst

How was it possible? Why on earth Did it never happen Before? How did you change
Too many times

Too many times you told me Too many times “if I had known” Too many times “ I wouldn’t do it… Too many times “ I fell too far s… Too many times I never measured u…
Today

Today is the last day I am going to do this to myself The last day I will hold on to any hope Today is the last day
Lost love

You’re still My favorite person A thing Impervious to change Your memory
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Solitary

Staring down Into my own Oblivion Self destruction Impossible to escape
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Self Determination

Self Determination It’s never free There is always a cost Self determination Requires
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Right Thinking

Life is right judgement Wisdom divides great from small Wrongness has no life
Drawn in

Whether moth to flame Or drawn in like fly to shit You captivate me
What you were

You were more Than yourself For me You were A reason
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Waste

Youth is wasted Proving you are a man Seniority is wasted Lementing lost youth
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Little I can do

Little I can do Now that I have injured you I must disgust you
I know you... Still

I know That you still feel The same as I do I know That it can only
Who am I?

Who am I now? I’m not the man I was before You’ve changed something Done something big You’ve opened up a door
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Your Integrity holds me

It has never changed My heart’s inclination. I am still drawn to you. Having known you I cannot see you
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