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Consumed, a mind of necessity

Asleep, or awake beyond thought

Entrenched my footsteps restlessly

My corpse over frosted hills has brought

Unending pain

Day after day

Desensitized to cold

Far from the known

That’s now in ruins

The ashes of the proud

Mountains in the distance beckon me

Far from the plagues now far below

Sorrow catches me when I can rest but

A red dawn’s promise holds me up