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She does not answer

Lips are pale and still

Mother can’t feel my arm

She has no pulse, nor will

If I could see dawn as a new day

If I could see past this strife

These patterns in life unchanging

Taunting

If I could usher in a new age

And see beyond today

If I could gather the strength

To move on

Life’s thread was broken

I hear you calling

No waking up now, as this nightmare unfolds

I cannot bear

I don’t belong here

Please don’t go

This world is not my own

Take me home

If I could see dawn as a new day…