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Written In Blood

"It's not your fault,"
She wrote in blood,
"I can't take it all anymore.
None of it has to do with you,
Please understand I'll always love you.
The days were too long,
And the nights were too short,
And I just never knew what to do,
Or where to put myself.
You can't know what it's like
To feel completely alone.
They don't understand,
And I'm not sure how to show them.
I'm not as sweet and mild
As they all seem to think.
But I can't blame them,
I blame myself.
I was too afraid to step into the light,
Now I'm taking my final step into darkness.
There I am welcome
And happily accepted."
All of this she wrote on white walls,
And there her words are forever stained
In their hearts,
In their minds,
With their deeds,
And their guilt,
And all their empty regret.

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