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Melancholia

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bshuffett

Published: Jun 21, 2010

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Literature Text

I wish for
a day that I
was not pained
by your memory,
a day when I
did not feel
certain death
was upon me.

I search for
any means
of escape,
yet it seems
a feeble attempt
at erasing that
which will never
vanish from the
depths of my mind.

You have
broken me,
and I can
do nothing
more than
crawl at
your feet,
begging you
to release
me from
this mournful
existence.

You deny my
hand and I have
found a way to
reach my end…

-Brian Shuffett
June 21st, 2010

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