0 (Zero) ... Poems

Water surrounds me,
Icy cold and empty.
A world of endless death.
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What will it take to become perfect for you?
I've tried and I've tried and I've tried.
What? Do I have to do what you do?
Do have to act superior and lie?
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You kill me.
Yes, you do!
You break me.
Of course it's true!
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In the dead of night, can you still hear my cry?
In the darkest light, can you still see my lies?
I thought that you, my knight, would see I'm just a shell,
Of the whole and human being that you knew so well.
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It echoes through the darkness.
It tries to find a home.
It tries to find a comforting light, but through it, the light has shone.
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I looked at her.
And she at me.
I wondered to myself,
'Is this
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I lay beside your death bed, knowing someday you'll wake.
I know that your heart is just so pure, your life's not one death can take.

I whisper in your ear, saying that things will be okay.
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In the dark I walked alone, toward the only light.
Ice chilling me to my bones, I called out to my knight.

The knight who promised to stand by my side, the knight who I had loved.
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Abusive parents, with no one who would understand, a girl trudges through life's drain.
She ran through the forest, bruised and bleeding, trying to get away from the pain.
She was caught in the dark and forced to go home, crying, knowing that thing would always be this way.
The next day she returns to school, faking a smile and reassuring everyone that she was fine, just as she always did. Just pretending everything was okay.
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Your smile is wise beyond all your years,
It's a smile like that, that will lead me to tears.

You are the person who understands me,
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