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Black Safety

Fear eats within my soul unknown moments where failure is agony collapses giving away falling swiftly downward stopping hard black iron lines angles down parallels joined in molten bonds repeating rolls identical bars anchors are driven securing strong jagged sharp edges down to doom to bite hard into yielding flesh fear of slipping stumbling falls pounding apart in trembling flesh seizing gripping clinging strong carefully edging descending down memories of failure weaken resolve need to forces onward going down straight lines bend in weakening curves strength is yielding giving away fear is rebounding eating away resolve is weakening yielding to fear careful slow movement continues down nearing an end carefully sought freeing from dread at journeys end escaping too briefly at dangers end

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