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There's a longing
deep inside of me.
It consumes
my entire being.
It controls me
and makes my life
a living hell.
It hurts me
and kills me,
yet I am still here.
This longing
has devoured
every ounce of hope,
every desire--
and yet this longing
IS my every hope--
the one thing
that I live for.