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Matthew
drunk with sorrow
floating in a sea of tears
be the serpent under the flower
become handicapped with despair
my heart is heavy
my sigh is trenchant
my will is enervated
my respect is an insult
my friend
my colleague
my mentor
my brother
his freedom is jailed
his summer is tainted
his errors are seldom
his future is a past
his innocence
his purity
his talent
his intentions
our link becomes our detriment
our caretakers become a monument
to all of our sins
