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Unfair Ransom

Quiescent body but a flying mind Crave the peak, alas feet paralyzed Damned days darker than night Scratch my soul sharper than knives Burning from inside, outside only ice Wrathful wounds with sanguinary eyes Besieged with a legion of harms But who fights with fragmented arms? Crestfallen eagles surrendered to the wind Cannot soar with broken wings Here nightingales hunt, eagles sing The frozen root of life tree Hopelessly dreaming of spring Shadow resides on the throne Wolves dance while sheep mourn Even Legendary dragons live in vain So cruelly are chained with pain Someday, not late not soon "Hey, brother, guess we are rescued." Night runs, day comes, sun shines But no eye, for darkness has made us all blind.

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