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Broken toys

eyes on the floor

Closed doors

with no way forward

Heavy footsteps

in an empty room

Fear draws breath

in the light of noon

Before the scream

there was the void

Before the pain

a cold touch deployed

Rain in the bedroom

a whisper in the veil

Old promises

falling like hail

At the start of it all

it was already the end

It was only silence

screaming within