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My Greatest Sin

What’s worse than hating someone you used to love? Someone you admired disappointing you Again and again I didn't want to be proven wrong I didn't want my friends Who I defended you to Ending up right I'll face my Jeering critics and caretakers And turn my back on you One last time My gaping wounds Harden into scabs My skin grows scales Immortality is my greatest sin I gave you my trust, my heart, my hope, my time, my dedication And you took all that Crumpled it like a worthless receipt With your reckless words How dare you make me not care Not try My work was my child My motive her mother Should I lay my armor down? Pick away my deformities? is this freedom, revolution? Or the tax on me After chopping my limb off Are limbs worth keeping If the flesh is rotting? Can the unrepairable be repaired? Should I tolerate you or embrace you? Either is the death of me

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