Praveen Wilson

Pray don't burn me at stake,
nor chastise for my mistake.
I'd given in to what's inside,
Can give no reason, cannot lie.
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He puts up a funny act,
fools around, for their sake.
His sadness, his pain,
veiled beneath layers of make up,
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Words cut through the veil of silence,
echoes of pain reverberate frailly
through the agonizing void.
Gaping wounds none so mortal,
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What is ‘I’?
A speck of dust riding air.
What is ‘I’?
A raindrop sinking in a churning sea.
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Wish the rain to wash away all my sins,
Earth, swallow my body, rot away my dreams.
I have fallen, to depths unseen,
This was my destiny, always has been…
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In the shadows of the darkest nights,
a world of secrets, of desperate plights,
None remain by my side.
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Put me to sleep,
numb all my senses.
The silence is aching,
and distance, I grieve.
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