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!