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Exorcising my right to live

Steadily I search for meaning

In a reflection

That I do not recognize

This face I can't remember

Is the fractured piece of me

Withholding tranquility

Cut drain and pour

This river of red overture

When the water recedes

Waves stretch in fear

Finality

Wash away

Faults I made

Bring me prosperity

Gaze into the black under water

Wounds never heal

Even as we grow stronger

Predetermined effigy

Of who I am

Predetermined effigy

Who will I be

Predetermined effigy

Of who I am

Predetermined effigy

Symptom of humanity

Consequential ultimatum

Challenging my inner sanctum

There is a line

Once we choose to cross

That will define

The meaning of loss

Turning of the tide

I choose to move forward

A feeling that had died

Hanged drawn and quartered