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I Only Need To Run
I only need to run.
I need to feel the fear is gone.
The clouds are covering the sun,
My only hope is if I run.
I tried to hide the pain within,
To crush it far beneath my skin;
But nothing can conceal my sin,
I laugh away my raw chagrin.
The light is darkened to my eyes,
I only feel the lowering skies.
I can’t escape the bludgeoning lies,
All beauty left within me dies.
I wanted only no more tears,
I hungered for relief from fears.
The roaring wind around me leers,
Escape from torture now appears,
I only need to run.
Will running save me from my fright?
Can anything escape the blight?
Or am I headed for a sight
More terrifying than the night?
Will death forever be our fate?
Will lives be always lived too late?
Why must we only wait, and wait-
When will our suffering abate?
I—I do not know, I cannot see!
Why must hope always want to be?
I cannot hear, I won’t be free!
My fear is all that’s left to me.
There’s nothing here besides this shell
Of life decaying, living hell;
My soul, set burning when I fell,
Can be yet quenched, can break this spell—
I only need to run.
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