Mind Games

Don't  you hate the games we play
when ignorance is here to stay
and a mind once open is now permanently sealed shut
silence is all that feels the air
with shrouded thoughts too scared to share
with hearts weighed heavy with despair
and sleep the only cure
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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