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Rated: E · Poetry · Emotional · #1297485

Yet another, older poem.

You think I am strong,
but I'm dying inside.
You think I can save you,
but I can't save myself.
Ripping me apart
till not even the pieces
are real.
I sit and hide
behind a facade
of lies.
One block on another
till you made the wall
fall, into more
shattered pieces.
Nothing you can do
will fix me,
broken goods
easily tossed aside.
You think I can save you,
but I can't save myself.
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