What We Become

We become our own. 

Though we have sight, 
been blinded through absence, 
We fight through every step- 
We glide through waves- 
We are not monsters- 
Yet we are tormented- 
At the precipice we chose. 

Become what we fear.
Become what we save.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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