The Pain Was Deeper

The light in her eyes seemed to go dark
And I look down at her arms and see a mark
But the poem was deeper than we could see
She looked sad, and we just let her be
Because her mind never stopped 
Until her body dropped
And after one single shot
Alive for another day, she was not
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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