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"A Tale"   5 - 28 - 03



my soul has contained the hurt

never shown the pain aloud

but i held it so deep within

behind my dark black shroud



my eyes have witnessed the acts

cold, ruthless deeds done to me

but the pain is still so great

that i cannot bear for anyone to see



my heart has beat through the drama

it has outlasted all of the stress

but even as i stand, triumphant, alive

my body has withered to a mess



so when you see the physical me

and talk to a mind so weighed with time

are you at all afraid of the same fall

or do you ignore, think of me no more?