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Broken and Shattered;
a life gone pale.
Swallow the tears and
feign happiness.

Drain the veins of their poison,
bleed the eyes of their tears.
See inside the ones you love;
you try to break free of your shell, but
you know you can't.

Too afraid of being hurt,
too afraid of betrayal,
too afraid of being judged
by those you love.

Can you be granted the courage to show your true self?
If people see you smile,
they think you're happy.
If they can't see what you think,
then they don't know what haunts you.

Try to erase the memories of bitter days,
try to delete the painful wounds turned to scars.
Will they ever fade?
Will they ever diminish?

Just another cut to add to the long list of slashes.
Isn't it strange how pain makes one forget pain?...