When you’re back up against a wall
Attacked from all sides
And you’ve given it all you got
And you wanna give up
Don’t let go
Don’t back down
When push comes to shove
Make allowance for My miracle
You’re gonna make it
It’s gonna be okay
Because
Dear soul
In my book
You’ve already won
So
Just breathe
Take a sigh of relief
Chin-up
Look up
Riseth up
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Come dark
Time moves doubly slow
I fidget my watch
But the seconds go only click by click
On a wakeful guard
I pray for sleep to come quick
And protect me
From whom?
You ask
There is no one in the room
…
From myself
From revisiting platinum memories of love ‘n’ loss
Inked on my very soul
An inseparable intricate ‘n’ exquisite mix
Of simpler days
When everything was in the palm of my hands
And
Of complex truths
Bewildered at the twisted lines of fate
All-day long I carry an albatross around my neck
I never let it show
Oh! night
Be a darling
Come free me from its titanium grip
…
I wake up
With a stabbing pain in my chest
And I know
My dreams betrayeth me still
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Use kid gloves
Touch gingerly
Leave no fingerprints
Be careful
Don’t cut yourself
These are no sunflowers or lilies
Let not the innocence ‘n’ beauty befool you
Buried beneath the rose bed
Is a bleeding heart
The river overfloweth red
You’re intrigued
And want to know the story
Listen carefully
But when we near the truth
‘N’ tears well up in your eyes
You must look away
‘Coz for the wounded
Even a teardrop would be deadly
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