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Thorns
I trip into a thick brush
 Thorns bite into my pale flesh
 Crimson liquid oozes from my wounds
 I close my eyes 
 As the fire pours inside my viens
 Don't scream out
 Don't be weak
 I cannot stand
 My knees shake with sheer terror
 But I must mask my pain
 Grit my teeth
 Slap a smile across my face
 These thorns have torn into my precious flesh
 Dying to get a taste of blood
 When I try to show you what has happened
 You turn away
 You say 'It's ok.' 
 You leave me laying in the bed of thorns
 Pools of my blood form around me
 Soon my veins will become empty
 But I cannot be weak
 And since yo uwont help me
 I must help myself
 But every time I move
 Every time I turn
 The thorns tighten their grip on me
 With sudden realization
 I give up
 I cannot get out of here
 I let the thorn bush close its jaws around me
 And swallow me whole
 Close my eyes
 And there is nothing more
