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Just Say No

Just say no to sunshine Trying to penetrate your dark doom Wrap your black cloud around its fire Smoother it in your tears, in your grief In your past trauma Feel it struggle in your stranglehold Feel its energy released, drained, Spent in your grasp As happiness gasps dying Drooping, whithering away Should it rise again to sear your darkness Murder it You're so good at feeling hopeless Why try to feel anything but Slay it again and again Every time it swells up in you Tempts you to believe that it will last It will stay, it will dwell deep in your heart Forever Convincing you with slippery slick sly serpent tongue To let the big lie slide inside you (again) Where you tend it, hydrate it, and grow it Until its even bigger than before (Really) Yeah... and you let it fill you up Lift you Thrust you gravity free Ride that rocket to dizzying, breathtaking Earth shattering heights From which you know you'll be Shot down like a rainbow Stretched over the sky In a spectacular, sparkling, dizzying Exploding array of glittering joy Spritzing the heavens, drizzling down Coating your heart with sweet, warm Delicious love Only to have that scorching light That blasted you full Retreat from the depths of your darkness And leave you emptier than before Sighing with despair F___ sunshine

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