I was buried.
I was broken.
I was silent.

NO LONGER!

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I hit the ground.
Felt it split.
I didn’t move.

Pressure came.
Held its weight.
I held through.

Voices loud.
Let them speak.
Not for me

I stayed still.
I stayed set.
I don’t leave.

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Through it all, I stayed in line.
Never lost what stayed as mine.
Every word just passed me by.
Now I leave it all behind.

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I am not.
Who I was.

Cut it off.
Cut it loose.

No more silence.
No more use.

It is done.
I close it off.

No return.
No excuse.

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Every scar.
Every bruise.
I didn’t move.

Every word.
Every doubt.
Nothing proved.

I was lost.
I was deep.
In the void.

Now I rise.
I take back.
What was destroyed.

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Through it all, I stayed in line.
Never lost what stayed as mine.
Every word just passed me by.
Now I leave it all behind.

-

I am not.
Who I was.

Cut it off.
Cut it loose.

No more silence.
No more use.

It is done.
I close it off.

No return.
No excuse.

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They tried to bury me.
Bury me. Bury me.
I took the ground.

They tried to silence me.
Silence me. Silence me.
I became the sound.

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NO LONGER!
No longer… no longer…

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I am not.
Who I was.

Cut it off.
Cut it loose.

No more silence.
No more use.

It is done.
I close it off.

No return.
No excuse.

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It’s quiet now.
No more noise.
No more weight.

I REMAIN

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NO LONGER!