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Withering Souls.
  Venomous
  words are stronger than you think. Their poison seeps deep into your veins
  blurring everything you’ve ever known. Stinging your skin, crushing your
  bones. Your head starts to explode from the pain and all of these new
  Feelings
     of pain. Am I dead? Is this killing me? Or is it making me stronger? My
     thoughts are the anecdote for this ache crawling through my being. A
  sudden rush of sorrow starts to 
  Swarm
    my brain, the misery distorting my personal memories. Am I reliving them
    or trying to remember how they once played out? If you could see inside
  My
     thoughts and memories, you would ask yourself what went wrong? Where
     did she fall down and lose it all? Some probably think I just hit my
  Head
     too hard after falling and getting right back up again. Maybe they’re right,
  and
     even though that is hard to admit, what they don’t know is that these
     ghosts inside my head help me face my fears, and what my heart held.
     You can
  Slash
  these blacked out memories from my consciousness, but for some reason
     they will never go
  away
     Never far enough. I won’t let you down, but however long it takes,
  my
     soul can wither away to a million pieces, my
  heart
     may be broken and cold; this toxin can only consume so much of me.

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This piece I wrote while reading and a book about a girl who is losing her sister to mental illness. This piece reflects how it might feel to let thoughts control your being, whether you can control it or not, and to find the inner strength in yourself.