Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-32764586-20171121172937

This is my very first poem. I decided I'd give it a shot because I need the practice. However, this poem represents me and how I feel. It's more of a what if I lost my ability to cope with the ways I feel, so this is very personal. Viewer Discretion. Also, I am not sure why the text turned black, and I don't know how to fix it. Sorry about that

   I feel like I'm lost in an endless maze  The exits are locked and the stakes are raised  The ones I love  tell me  it's  just a phase <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{3a5acd4d-954c-460a-aaef-83dd39c9c0d1}{92}" paraid="114366285" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">But my mind is always in a constant haze <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{3a5acd4d-954c-460a-aaef-83dd39c9c0d1}{204}" paraid="1384933051" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">And towards the future is where I gaze <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{b8c8160b-ab56-45a9-a04b-b8da4636c9da}{158}" paraid="1679431123" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">I dwell in my mind, I'm in a  <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">world of pain <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{ed057ae8-ff1a-492e-85dc-06020e1171c5}{29}" paraid="1747534913" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">Where the sun never shines and the clouds  <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">only rain <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{c119c25a-d1d7-4b15-9c9b-85f355886a21}{4}" paraid="1631110374" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">I can feel the hate running through my veins <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{c119c25a-d1d7-4b15-9c9b-85f355886a21}{184}" paraid="948264220" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">Without a soul I'm not the same, and  <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">tra <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">gedy <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US"> is all that I shall ever claim <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{86643b57-fccc-4f91-aa19-6b64c4f78aee}{172}" paraid="1820901859" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">I can't  <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">fit in, and through thick and thin <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{1c43e6bf-f812-4df7-a48f-559407c449ca}{90}" paraid="1804150057" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">I'm told what I do to my skin is sin <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{034dc851-3c31-4c16-9e75-c93c4ccd120e}{57}" paraid="465627942" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">Fore I cut my arms and slice my shin <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{034dc851-3c31-4c16-9e75-c93c4ccd120e}{197}" paraid="755918381" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">I hope that <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US"> hopelessness doesn't befall my kin <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{608adc56-9e26-4662-ac97-a22850590179}{138}" paraid="1151472531" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">The tears they fall like an endless stream <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{6d074f52-4e3c-4edd-aaa0-cb72627bb8f7}{25}" paraid="1986646165" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">For this pain to end, I can only dream <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{6d074f52-4e3c-4edd-aaa0-cb72627bb8f7}{167}" paraid="1871503490" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">I cannot depict the horrors for which I have seen <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{f7b81c87-9032-4336-bfb2-707b8228bf6a}{93}" paraid="1352738562" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">A <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">nd my sorrow lurks as a relentless fiend <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{47c23115-3076-40b0-bf32-d68ba2d432e0}{129}" paraid="1758280956" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">My heart has cracked <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">  <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">and my will has shattered <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{f69c57d0-e457-43a0-a80e-84b12b53ead1}{49}" paraid="401259677" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">My family they ask me what's the matter <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{f69c57d0-e457-43a0-a80e-84b12b53ead1}{179}" paraid="831927082" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">And they all mean well, and for that I'm flattered <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{2ec3aeb0-a0ca-43fe-9d21-ba130c3bacdc}{140}" paraid="920653279" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">But my being as a whole shall still remain tattered <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{dab0e61d-82e3-4c6d-b3ae-3de8bffc711d}{64}" paraid="1510194145" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">And  <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">so, <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US"> I stand by the sink, my hand  <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">clutching <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US"> the <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">  <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">knife <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{dab0e61d-82e3-4c6d-b3ae-3de8bffc711d}{252}" paraid="258390828" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">I only hope that these cuts shall end my eternal strife <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{5a696a48-e9fd-4715-86d6-4f7cbb0a1240}{129}" paraid="921554849" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">Because I truly can find no reason to live this life <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{ddd73397-c302-419f-84c7-9ebe0e099c1d}{60}" paraid="567138920" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">The reaper is ready for me, and <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US"> he stands with his scythe <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{6c4cbcd3-9466-47f8-89dd-26d322ab545a}{122}" paraid="1661452791" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">These cuts do hurt, but my mind and heart hurt more <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{da82d3ad-3e49-4b3d-8fb9-eab3d2dac907}{71}" paraid="864383412" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">And as my wrists begin to bleed I collapse to the floor <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{1612e2bc-6788-43eb-8bb0-0dec48f42ec4}{21}" paraid="931722273" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">The light in my eyes fade,  <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">my <span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US"> body and mind are sore <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{aa04115f-f56b-491b-a526-190802469c50}{24}" paraid="501411308" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:48px;user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;text-indent:48px;" lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW179346813" lang="EN-US" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;line-height:19px;font-variant-ligatures:none!important;" lang="EN-US">As my life fades away, I feel regret deep in my core <span class="EOP SCXW179346813" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559731":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="user-select:text;-webkit-user-drag:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;line-height:19px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;">  <ac_metadata title="My first poem (Viewer Discretion)"> </ac_metadata>