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A broken shell of a man, thumbing page by page

the last chapter i closing in

he will soon be gone, without a trace in this world

he will disappear, he will fade to blank

I will never see him again

I will never be him again

As the last grain of sand in his hourglass reaches bottom

no one seems to hear and no one seems to care

that his aura is fading, he is turning pale

no one recognizes the fading voice of a dying poet

I am fading away

I will never be him again