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April 10, 2014
By bloodwraith1 GOLD, Cape Town, Other
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bloodwraith1 GOLD, Cape Town, Other
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time is what keeps things from happening at once.
i will show you fear in a hand full of dust.

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Once I was Icarus
I soared through the sky
I feared no evil
I saw no lies.

Once I was Echo
free and far better free
now a wasted breath
nobody wants to see

Once I was Achilles
brave and strong,
was hurt on my weak point
then I was gone

Once I was Ioa
happy and carefree
yet one event
made a beast of me.

© Joseph S., San Anselmo, CA

The author's comments:
The events we go through change us, from the innocence and purity of childhood to the realistic cynicism of adulthood.
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