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Rated: ASR · Poetry · Emotional · #1862557

A poem I wrote when my existence seemed futile.

Cannot run
Any faster, any further
Any more

Cannot shed
Enough tears or problems
To alleviate

Cannot understand
Why I keep drowning
In regret

Cannot escape
This eternal, consuming strain
Of life
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