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That Awful Strain

April 30, 2015
By Sword0fPoetry PLATINUM, Bonney Lake, Washington
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Sword0fPoetry PLATINUM, Bonney Lake, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
There are two ways to spread light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~Edith Wharton

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Should I give up the mental pain
Release that awful strain
Just so I can hear the rain?

Should I give up Guilt
To see an Empire be built
And Feel Time’s delicate quilt?

Should I dance with the flames
To melt away the chains
Watching the deceitful claims?

Should I play the notes in my head
To keep my heart beating
With veins full of lead.

Should I surrender to the pain
Like the war in my brain
Trying to keep ourselves sane?

I will sit up in bed
To cease the voices in my head
All the doubt unsaid.

I will draw the final card
To silence the ignorant bard
And to remove that emotional shard.

© Dana C., W. Lafayette, IN

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