The Price

It cost so little
It cost so much
To be myself
To fly
 to kill myself
To fall
Stripped to bone
Left alone
So alone
Raw and exposed
To see all
To go blind
To be sane
Lost mind
It cost so little
It cost me everything
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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