You walk away, your face is dark
With shadows cast by guilt and shame
Your cries, released from deep within the cage
Go unheeded:
Apathy is the impenetrable wall
Your steps are heavy
Burdened with the weight of pointlessness
With the never-ending path twice-traveled
And half finished
Which just as soon to end would it begin
Dark mark mars your visage
And by your pariah you are exiled
And cursed to know that your final escape
Must be by your own hand
But having not the courage
You walk the path
Awaiting the realization of your lonely fate
Your own alone






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