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Lately


have reached
the point in my life
where 
I feel nothing but
bleakness.

Waking up 
to screeching alarms
and
staring into the mirror
at an estranged, deformed
reflection.

Silently trudging 
amid the hustling crowd
where no one would notice 
I would be
just the way I want
to be.

I breathe in
meticulously
not to make a single sound.

I watch the world
drift by
brushing my skin.

As I 
remain still and solitary
in this 
ever moving world.

P.S. Happy Birthday Ken, Happy Birthday cw.

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